Quotes by Chapman, John Jay

People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this, -- that re >>

The men and woman who make the best boon companions seem to have given >>

Is there something in trade that desiccates and flattens out, that tur >>

Quotations about Trade

Protection is not a principle but an expedient. >>

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not consti >>

We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was >>

Is there something in trade that desiccates and flattens out, that turns men into dried leaves at the age of forty? Certainly there is. It is not due to trade but to intensity of self-seeking, combined with narrowness of occupation. Business has destroyed the very knowledge in us of all other natural forces except business.

Chapman, John Jay