Avoided Quote by Manmohan Singh

Protectionism in all its forms should be rejected, and efforts should be made to discipline measures that constitute barriers to trade.

— Sushma Swaraj

Protectionism is something that will hurt everybody, but especially the United States.

— Juan Manuel Santos

Protectionism is a misnomer. The only people protected by tariffs, quotas and trade restrictions are those engaged in uneconomic and wasteful activity. Free trade…

— Walter Block

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

Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history…

— Manmohan Singh

Protectionism has never been an answer, will never be an answer. We need trade. We need trade agreements worldwide.

— Frans Timmermans

Protectionism is the institutionalization of economic failure.

— Edward Heath

The great danger to the consumer is the monopoly -whether private or governmental. His most effective protection is free competition at home and free…

— Milton Friedman

Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.

— Herbert Hoover

Developing protectionism regarding trade and our reluctance to place fiscal policy on a more sustainable path are threatening what may well be our most…

— Alan Greenspan

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

Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.

— Milton Friedman