There was free trade in Africa. There was free enterprise in Africa before the colonialists came. — George Ayittey Copy Share Image
Beneficial in theory, so-called free trade agreements far too often have been detrimental to the United States economy and the manufacturing sector… — Dan Kildee Copy Share Image
If Boeing got a big head start on the 707 from multibillion-dollar military contracts to develop an air force transport, is that… — Robert Kuttner Copy Share Image
Before we move forward with new efforts to lower the barriers to international free trade, we must review the consequences of the… — Bob Ney Copy Share Image
Our free trade plan is quite simple. We say that every [citizen] shall have the right to buy whatever he wants, wherever… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I think it is one of the fundamentals, not only of the European Union but also of free trade, that competition is… — Margrethe Vestager Copy Share Image
I'm not a free trader, but I am a free trader, but I'm also a fare trader and a smart trader. I… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
People say free trade causes dislocation. In actual fact, it's the lowering of trade barriers that causes the dislocation. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
[Donald Trump rhetoric]this is a common rhetorical line used by people who are against free trade that say, we're in favor of… — Avik Roy Copy Share Image
The great danger to the consumer is the monopoly -whether private or governmental. His most effective protection is free competition at home… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The case for open markets, free trade, private investment and technology has never been stronger in development. Over the decades, this combination… — Priti Patel Copy Share Image
I favor free trade in drugs for the same reason the Founding Fathers favored free trade in ideas: in a free society… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
“There is no difference between the principles, policies and practical results of socialism—and those of any historical or prehistorical tyranny. Socialism is… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I am convinced that both markets and free trade are good, but the traditional answer that we give to students to explain… — Paul Romer Copy Share Image
We must recognise that in an integrated world, trade cannot be divorced from other concerns. We need to promote free trade and… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
When it comes to acid rain or oil spills or depleted fisheries or tainted groundwater or fluorocarbon propellants or radiation leaks or… — Benjamin Barber Copy Share Image
Protectionism is a misnomer. The only people protected by tariffs, quotas and trade restrictions are those engaged in uneconomic and wasteful activity.… — Walter Block Copy Share Image
“If it's okay to enrich ourselves by denying foreigners the right to earn a living, why shouldn't we enrich ourselves by invading… — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share Image
“Recent evidence confirms that retail prices of essential consumer goods in poor countries are not appreciably lower than in the United States… — Vincent A. Gallagher Copy Share Image
“When the British attacked Havana in 1762, Admiral de Hevia failed to scuttle the ships under his command. Thus, his ships fell… — Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
“The processes of corporate power do not work in isolation. The economic and legal mechanisms that allow the privatization of the commonwealth,… — George Draffan Copy Share Image
No man with a genius for legislation has appeared in America. They are rare in the history of the world. There are… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“The bourgeoisie, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations. It has pitilessly… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
The conservative goal has been the Third Worldization of the United States: an increasingly underemployed, lower-wage work-force; a small but growing moneyed… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
It has drowned the most heavenly ecstasies of religious fervour, of chivalrous enthusiasm, of Philistine sentimentalism, in the icy water of egotistical… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“Not only does free trade have nothing to do with democracy, but in most cases throughout history the two have been inimical.… — Michael Hogan Copy Share Image
But, we have had the debate in our country now for a number of years as to whether or not free trade… — Donald Evans Copy Share Image
Most states, for all their rhetoric in favour of free trade, are adept at trying to manipulate markets to protect and advantage… — Dominic Grieve Copy Share Image
The ability to provide choices and the right to make choices that prove not detrimental, are the fundamental ingredients of free trade… — John Truman Stoddert Copy Share Image
“It [bourgeoisie] has resolved personal worth into exchange value, and in place of the numberless indefeasible chartered freedoms, has set up that… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions - formed by a group of courageous and… — Lech Walesa Copy Share Image
You mentioned the Free Trade Agreement and yes I can't tell you how pleased we are that Morocco is one of the… — Donald Evans Copy Share Image
I've always considered making it legal for Americans to import their prescription drugs a free-trade issue. Imports create competition and keep domestic… — Chuck Grassley Copy Share Image
Negotiating sugar trade in bilateral free trade agreements is a recipe for disaster for the U.S. sugar industry, and it is unnecessary. — Kent Conrad Copy Share Image
The ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas [and] the best test of truth is the power of… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
The history of capitalism has been so totally re-written that many people in the rich world do not perceive the historical double… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
We have to change the kind of free trade deals we sign. We would have to change the absolutely central role of… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Every Republican president starting with Lincoln - and for almost 100 years thereafter - generally supported tariffs, while Democrats tended to promote… — Robert Lighthizer Copy Share Image
I prefer for government to err toward less regulation, lower taxation, and free markets. And I'm a radical free trader. — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image