"I own myself the friend to a very free system of commerce, and hold it as a truth, that commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive and impolitic -- it is also a truth, that if industry and labour are left to take their own course, they will generally be directed to those objects which are the most productive, and this in a more certain and direct manner than the wisdom of the most enlightened legislature could point out." | by: | James Madison
(1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US President |
Source: | speech to the Congress, April 9, 1789 |
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