What Protectionism Teaches Us, Is To Do

It Is Too Narrow An Understanding Of Production Which Confines It Merely To The Making Of Things. Production Includes Not Merely The Making Of Things, But The Bringing Of Them To The Consumer. The Merchant Or Storekeeper Is Thus As Truly A Producer As Is The Manufacturer, Or Farmer, And His Stock Or Capital Is As Much Devoted To Production As Is Theirs.

Liberty Calls To Us Again. We Must Follow Her Further; We Must Trust Her Fully. Either We Must Wholly Accept Her Or She Will Not Stay. It Is Not Enough That Men Should Vote; It Is Not Enough That They Should Be Theoretically Equal Before The Law. They Must Have Liberty To Avail Themselves Of The Opportunities And Means Of Life; They Must Stand On Equal Terms With Reference To The Bounty Of Nature.

What Protectionism Teaches Us, Is To Do To Ourselves In Time Of Peace What Enemies Seek To Do To Us In Time Of War.

Discovery Can Give No Right Of Ownership, For Whatever Is Discovered Must Have Been Already Here To Be Discovered. If A Man Makes A Wheelbarrow, Or A Book, Or A Picture, He Has A Moral Right To That Particular Wheelbarrow, Or Book, Or Picture, But No Right To Ask That Others Be Prevented From Making Similar Things. Such A Prohibition, Though Given For The Purpose Of Stimulating Discovery And Invention, Really In The Long Run Operates As A Check Upon Them.

Poorly Paid Labor Is Inefficient Labor, The World Over.