In an industrial society such as ours the strike, the lockout, and the boycott are as much out of place and as disastrous in their results as is war or armed revolution in the domain of politics.
In this quote, Harding compares strikes and boycotts to war, suggesting they are detrimental to society.
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We recognize the necessity of buying wherever we sell, and the permanency of trade lies in its acceptable exchanges.
More, it is vital to the preservation of many of our own industries which contribute so notably to the very lifeblood of our Nation.
Our power to do so is not disputed, but power and ships, without comity of relationship, will not give us the expanded trade which is inseparably linked with a great merchant marine.
In our pursuit of markets we must give as well as receive.