Protectionism Quotes

“Any nation which by means of protective duties and restrictions on navigation has raised her manufacturing power... can do nothing wiser than to throw away these ladders of her greatness, to preach to other nations the benefits of free trade.”

“Protection, as we have seen, looks to the cheapening of the commodity.”

“Protectionism is a dead-end street.”

“A protective tariff is a tax upon the foreign producer for the benefit of the domestic producer.”

“Protectionism will not protect.”