Protectionism has to be avoided. Protectionism is not only…

Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history…

— Manmohan Singh

“As clear as it is important, the death of Detroit is still mostly ignored. Generally, the slow destruction of a major city would get…

— Daniel Greenup

He is led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention

— Adam Smith

Developing protectionism regarding trade and our reluctance to place fiscal policy on a more sustainable path are threatening what may well be our most…

— Alan Greenspan

Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.

— Jose Manuel Barroso

There are legitimate concerns and anxieties that the forces of globalisation are leaving too many people behind - and we have to take those…

— Barack Obama

We need to fight protectionism with everything that we have because when there's a level playing field and when you have open markets and…

— Condoleezza Rice

The message from history is so blatantly obvious - that free trade causes mutual prosperity while protectionism causes poverty - that it seems incredible…

— Matt Ridley

It is against this concept of the sovereign state, a state isolated by protectionism and militarism, that internationalism must now engage in decisive battle.

— Christian Lous Lange

In a world dependent on international trade and commerce, and staggering under a heavy load of international debt, no policy is more destructive than…

— Hans F. Sennholz

What protectionism teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war.

— Henry George

Engineers in the developed world should be arguing not for protectionism but for trade agreements that seek to establish rules that result in a…

— Brian Behlendorf

Protectionism has never been an answer, will never be an answer. We need trade. We need trade agreements worldwide.

— Frans Timmermans

The nationalism and the protectionism that was built into the Mexican Revolution in 1910 and that characterized the Mexican attitude to the United States…

— Alan Bersin

The E.U., China, and Japan all talk free trade, and they all practice protectionism.

— Wilbur Ross