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After so many historical illustrations of the evil effects of abandoning the policy of protection for that of a revenue tariff, we are again confronted by the suggestion that the principle of protection shall be eliminated from our tariff legislation. Have we not had enough of such experiments? - Benjamin Harrison
Attribution: Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901), U.S. president. Speech in Indianapolis, October 6, 1888. Speeches of Benjamin Harrison: Twenty-Third President of the United States, p. 168, Kennikat Press (1971). The tariff emerged as the major issue in the presidential election of 1888.

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