You are not to inquire how your trade may be increased, nor how you are to become a great and powerful people, but how your liberties can be secured; for liberty ought to be the direct end of your Government.
Is there a conflict between liberty and someone's job, or someone's business model? Liberty should prevail.
Is there a conflict between liberty and the nation's world prestige or power? Liberty should prevail.
Liberty, liberty, liberty above all.
There is no conflict between internal liberty and softwood tariffs.
This nation funded itself for the first 100 years on tariff and Whiskey taxes.