Free trade Quote by Joseph Befumo

Most Republicans and the business community extol the virtues of trade, depicting it as an engine of economic progress, while most Democrats and unions…

— William M. Daley

[Trade] was clearly a factor.That was a complete reversal of where things are normally at. Usually Republicans are all for free trade.

— Collin Peterson

Republicans turned against organized workers and abandoned the idea of promoting equality at the bottom of the economic scale. They turned their idea of…

— Heather Cox Richardson

Once upon a time, it was the Democrats who claimed to be the party of the working man. No longer. They abandoned the working…

— Corey Stewart

The recent blind faith some Republicans have shown toward free trade actually represents more of an aberration than a hallmark of true American conservatism.…

— Robert Lighthizer

“Republicans approve of the American farmer, but they are willing to help him go broke. They stand four-square for the American home--but not for…

— Harry S. Truman

“Both the Democrats and the Republicans are peddling the exact same deception; and that bill of goods is that the Republicans represent the interests,…

— Joseph Befumo

Free trade was once a Republican conviction.

— Bret Stephens

“As for the Republicans -- how can one regard seriously a frightened, greedy, nostalgic huddle of tradesmen and lucky idlers who shut their eyes…

— H.P. Lovecraft

“The Republicans did not set out to establish a strong national state or to facilitate the industrial revolution. They believed strongly in the American…

— David R. Goldfield

I wanted to be clear that Republicans will continue to be a champion for expanding economic freedom to trade. It is at the heart…

— Kevin Brady

Every Republican president starting with Lincoln - and for almost 100 years thereafter - generally supported tariffs, while Democrats tended to promote free trade.

— Robert Lighthizer