It is no longer a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, but a government of Wall Street, by Wall Street, and for Wall Street.

The merchant always has fresh losses to expect, and the dread of base poverty forbids his rest.

One man’s loss is another man’s profit.

Don’t try to make a profit on a bad trade; just try to find the best place to get out.

Trade’s proud empire hastes to swift decay.

Yes to a market economy, no to a market society.

More pernicious nonsense was never devised by man than treaties of commerce.

The sea serves the pirate as well as the trader.

A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong.

No nation was ever ruined by trade.

Commerce has made all winds her ministers.

Colonialism has meant selling our ore and being left with the holes.

We are a commercial people. We cannot boast of our arts, our crafts, our cultivation; our boast is in the wealth we produce.