Albert Gallatin Quotes

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.

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.

I am not wrong in the belief that its public funds are more secure than those of all the European powers.

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.