Comments on: Who Said It?

By: Name

Name — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:10:00 +0000

It’s apparently Otto Mallery – see http://antidismal.blogspot.com/2009/04/bastiat-quote-or-non-quote-2.html

By: t.ross

t.ross — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:20:47 +0000

Someone obviously said it 1st, and Bastiat has long been credited with it. It does sound like Bastiat and until someone can show that he didn't say it, I'm going to continue to credit him those wise and timely remarks.

By: Kevin Craig

Kevin Craig — Fri, 02 May 2008 02:22:35 +0000

John Paul – Single Tax – Land & Liberty: Monthly Journal for Land Value Taxation and Free Trade – 1919 – Page 64.

The press, cinema and radio must be used to show that goods and trade means peace,
friendship and prosperity and that if goods are not allowed to cross …

By: Jason Briggeman

Jason Briggeman — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:01:50 +0000

Following Kurt's tip, I found this on p. 10 of the Mallery book:

"If soldiers are not to cross international boundaries on missions of war, goods must cross them on missions of peace."

By: True_Liberal

True_Liberal — Thu, 17 May 2007 20:10:18 +0000

The present Middle East situation doesn't fit the goods/borders/soldiers paradigm, does it? We've been trading heavily in crude from the Persian Gulf states for many decades, and they've been the recipients of many Western goods.

And yet it seems the Western goods, people, and lifestyle presence there are the very kindling that have ignited the present war.