Age Quote by Ludwig von Mises

The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war.

— Ludwig von Mises

What generates war is the economic philosophy of nationalism: embargoes, trade and foreign exchange controls, monetary devaluation, etc. The philosophy of protectionism is a…

— Ludwig von Mises

“There has always been a temptation to classify economic goods in clearly defined groups, about which a number of short and sharp propositions could…

— Alfred Marshall

[...] to introduce into the philosophy of war itself a principle of moderation would be an absurdity

— Carl von Clausewitz

Inflationism, however, is not an isolated phenomenon. It is only one piece in the total framework of politico-economic and socio-philosophical ideas of our time.…

— Ludwig von Mises

Progress of any kind is always at variance with the old and established ideas and therefore with the codes inspired by them. Every step…

— Ludwig von Mises

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