Bigotry Quote by Edwin Hubbel Chapin

The notion dies hard that in some sort of way exports are patriotic but imports are immoral.

— David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech

TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.

— Ambrose Bierce

I think that tariffs in a way can be regarded as an economic sanction without a sanction.

— Scott Bessent

The truth is that tariffs have a long and storied history as both a revenue-raising tool and a way of protecting strategically important industries…

— Scott Bessent

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

— Dominic Grieve

We are determined that our nation shall cease to be a burden on other countries but shall contribute positively to world prosperity, while observing…

— Shigeru Yoshida

Bigotry does not consort easily with free trade.

— Peter Ackroyd

A protective tariff is a typical conspiracy in restraint of trade.

— Thorstein Veblen

Rich countries want unfettered access to poor countries' markets, which are often heavily protected by tariffs, but they don't want to give up all…

— Daniel Altman

“Let's compete freely. Goddam tariffs! Free trade and free seas—that's what's right!”

— James Clavell

The problem with tariffs is they shift higher costs onto the backs of non-protected industries and consumers.

— Stephen Moore

For too long, the conventional wisdom has rejected the use of tariffs as a tool of both economic and foreign policy. However, like Alexander…

— Scott Bessent