Country Quote by Henry Charles Carey

The defence of human liberty against the aggressions of despotic power have been always the most efficient in States where domestic slavery was to…

— John C. Calhoun

The protection of the masses has in all times been the pretense of tyranny - the plea of monarchy, of aristocracy, of special privilege…

— Henry George

“For centuries England has relied on protection, has carried it to extremes, and has obtained satisfactory results from it. There is no doubt that…

— Ulysses S. Grant

As regards this country, in which protection has always to some extent existed, it is the best customer that England ever had, and our…

— Henry Charles Carey

It will be said, however, that protection tends to destroy commerce, the civilizer of mankind. Directly the reverse, however, is the fact.

— Henry Charles Carey

Slavery is now no where more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the zealots of liberty

— Samuel Johnson

Mistaking insolence for freedom has always been the hallmark of the slave.

— Wilhelm Reich

The price of freedom is the probability of crime. The price of protection is the probability of slavery.

— Dan Geer

Although we must change the ways we protect our country, we must also guard against policies that appear attractive but offer little real protection…

— Richard Burr

Security without freedom means slavery.

— Zygmunt Bauman

What has ever threatened our liberty and prosperity save and except this institution of Slavery?

— Abraham Lincoln

The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war. The wars of our age are not at variance with popular economic doctrines; they are,…

— Ludwig von Mises