Pete Gallego Quotes

NAFTA and GATT have about as much to do with free trade as the Patriot Act has to do with liberty.

I'm against this huge globalisation on the basis of economic advantage.

To hear the Japanese plead for free trade is like hearing the word love on the lips of a harlot.

Perhaps the globalization potion is too strong for us today; it should be watered down with some measure of economic nationalism.

The thing that we have to worry about is this protectionist movement that has reared its head again in this country

Free trade: certainly the interest of nations, but by no means the interest of certain towns and districts, which tariff feeds fat; and the eager interest of the few overpowers the apathetic general conviction of the many.

Belief in the panacea-like qualities of free trade amounts to ‘collective insanity’.

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

Modern free-traders... embrace their ideal with a passion that makes Robespierre seem prudent. They embrace unbridled free trade, even as it helps China become a superpower.

We had much freer trade in the 19th century. We have much less globalization now than we did then.

Trade has suddenly become massively unpopular. I think that's massively unjust. I think free trade has been wonderful for America on balance.

There are legitimate concerns and anxieties that the forces of globalisation are leaving too many people behind - and we have to take those concerns seriously and address them. But the answer isn't to turn inward and embrace protectionism. We can't just walk away from trade.

The United States can't keep a completely open system if the rest of the world is less open. The United States may have to take a leaf out of the book of Japan, China, and Germany, and have protectionism inside the system.

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

The free trade movement in the middle of the last century represents the first conscious recognition of these new circumstances and of the necessity to adapt to them.

The North American Free Trade Agreement marked a fundamental change in the global trade scheme.

I fully support global commerce.

Before we move forward with new efforts to lower the barriers to international free trade, we must review the consequences of the policies of the past and address the problems of the present.

Opposing the free flow of goods or people is a bad idea.

National border lines are much easier to draw than economic lines.

Whence comes this demand for tariff tinkering. Aren't all our fellows happy?

I am utterly opposed to anything which will alter the Free Trade character of this country.

A global economy is a fact of life .... No politician can promise to protect you from it.

Protectionism is the fool's gold of American politics.

We're the only dinosaurs left who maintain that the myth of "free trade" really exists.