Cato

American

[key-toh] / ˈkeɪ toʊ /

noun

Marcus Porcius the Elderorthe Censor, 234–149 b.c., Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
his great-grandson Marcus Porcius the Younger, 95–46 b.c., Roman statesman, soldier, and Stoic philosopher.

Cato British

/ ˈkeɪtəʊ /

noun

Marcus Porcius (ˈmɑːkəsˈpɔːʃɪəs), known as Cato the Elder or the Censor. 234–149 _bc , Roman statesman and writer, noted for his relentless opposition to Carthage
his great-grandson, Marcus Porcius, known as Cato the Younger or Uticensis. 95–46 _bc , Roman statesman, general, and Stoic philosopher; opponent of Catiline and Caesar

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Cato Cultural

A politician of ancient Rome, known for his insistence that Carthage was Rome's permanent enemy. He had a custom of ending all his speeches in the Roman senate with the words “Carthage must be destroyed.”

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Washington itself "risks being drawn into a new conflict in the Middle East with no clear way out", said Brandan Buck, a researcher at the Washington-based Cato Institute.

From Barron's

Higher input costs also reduce company profits and worker pay, shrinking corporate and individual incomes, and again limiting how much revenue tariffs can realistically generate, the Cato Institute said.

From Barron's

Whole Foods founder John Mackey in an interview for the Winter issue of Cato Institute’s Free Society magazine:

From The Wall Street Journal

Colin Grabow, a trade expert at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank in Washington, said the decision represented "a victory for the rule of law".

From BBC

Ilya Somin, a constitutional scholar at the libertarian Cato Institute, called the decision “a major victory for the constitutional separation of powers, for free trade, and for the millions of American consumers and businesses enduring the higher taxes and higher prices as a result of these tariffs.”

From Los Angeles Times

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