Quote#Wisdom
Governmental prohibitions do always more mischief than had been…
Quote byAlbert Gallatin · 1761–1849
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Thomas Jefferson (December 18, 1807); Henry Adams (ed.) The Writings of Albert Gallatin, vol. 1 (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1879), p. 368.
English (original)
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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