Quotes by Albert Gallatin

About Albert Gallatin:

Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin was a Swiss-American politician, diplomat, ethnologist and linguist. He served as a Congressman, Senator, United States Ambassador and was the longest-serving United States Secretary of the Treasury. In 1831, he founded the University of the City of New York, now New York University.
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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.

Albert Gallatin

The whole of the Bill 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.

Albert Gallatin

Author Bio

  • NameAlbert Gallatin
  • DescriptionSwiss-American ethnologist, linguist, founder of New York University, politician, diplomat, congressman, Senator and the longest-serving United States Secretary of the Treasury
  • AliasesAbraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin
  • BornJanuary 29, 1761
  • DiedAugust 12, 1849
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Diplomat