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Quote from Albert Gallatin,


"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."


By:

Albert Gallatin (more quotes by Albert Gallatin or books by/about Albert Gallatin)


(1761-1849) Swiss-American politician, diplomat, ethnologist and linguist

Date:

October 7, 1789

Keywords:

Bill of Rights

Categories:

Civil Rights, Constitution, Equality, Freedom, Independence, Individual Rights, Liberty, Politics, Power, Respect, Sovereignty, Speech, Tolerance

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