Albert Gallatin Quotes
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Government prohibitions do always more mischief than had been calculated; and it is not without much hesitation that a statesman should hazard to regulate the concerns of individuals, as if he could do it better than themselves.
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The democratic process on which this nation was founded should not be restricted to the political process, but should be applied to the industrial operation as well.
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I am not wrong in the belief that its public funds are more secure than those of all the European powers.
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The whole of the Bill [of Rights] is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals... It establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of.
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Albert Gallatin
- Born: January 29, 1761
- Died: August 12, 1849
- Occupation: Former American senator
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