Common Quote by Alexander Hamilton

Whenever government proposes to get involved in the regulation of trade, just be very, very careful about who's behind this proposal, what their motives…

— P. J. O'Rourke

We have the self-evident right to regulate our trade according to our own will and our own interest . . . . This right…

— James Madison

The regulation of commerce, it is true, is a new power; but that seems to be an addition which few oppose and from which…

— James Madison

Since trade ignores national boundaries and the manufacturer insists on having the world as a market, the flag of his nation must follow him,…

— Woodrow Wilson

Trade deals are not the vehicle for raising or lowering standards of protection for consumers, the environment, workers or anyone else. Regulations are made…

— Kenneth Clarke

“Markets weed out inefficient practices, but only when no one has sufficient power to manipulate them.”

— Ha-Joon Chang

I lay this down as a fundamental proposition, which I do not think will be denied, that whoever controls the taxation and trade policy…

— George William Russell

The problem is you cannot have free global trade with highly restrictive, regulated domestic markets.

— Alan Greenspan

Our free trade plan is quite simple. We say that every [citizen] shall have the right to buy whatever he wants, wherever he wants,…

— Winston Churchill

Complete free trade is not politically feasible. Why? Because it's only in the general interest and in no one's special interest.

— Milton Friedman

If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause, then it can regulate virtually anything-and the Federal Government is no longer one of limited…

— Clarence Thomas

The truth is that every trade deal imposes some restriction on sovereignty.

— Dominic Grieve