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Governmental 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.

— Albert Gallatin

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The democratic principle on which this nation was founded should not be restricted to the political process but should be applied to the industrial operation as well.

Statement (1797)

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