--- title: "12 Monopoly power Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Monopoly power quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Monopoly power sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/sir-john-richard-hicks-54693_economics_the-best-of-all-monopoly-profits-is-a-qu_2694971.jpg" --- > [The best of all monopoly profits is a quiet life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-john-richard-hicks/the-best-of-all-monopoly-profits-is-a-quiet-life/) [Sir John Richard Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-john-richard-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/sir-john-richard-hicks-54693_economics_the-best-of-all-monopoly-profits-is-a-qu_2694971.jpg) > [All rent is based on the monopoly power of private owners of certain portions of the globe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-harvey/all-rent-is-based-on-the-monopoly-power-of-private-owners-of-certain/) [David Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/637/david-harvey-10654_certain_all-rent-is-based-on-the-monopoly-power_1960977.png) > [Monopoly power is an illusion in any system in which free competition is allowed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pugsley/monopoly-power-is-an-illusion-in-any-system-in-which-free-competition/) [John Pugsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-pugsley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b46/john-pugsley-32728_competition_monopoly-power-is-an-illusion-in-any-sys_2852033.jpg) > [For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-moyers/for-the-first-time-in-our-history-ideology-and-theology-hold-a/) [Bill Moyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-moyers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4c/bill-moyers-2625_first-time_for-the-first-time-in-our-history-ideolo_2166674.png) > [I had advocated the establishment of a Negro industrial commission. I had gestured against the growth of monopoly power. I had introduced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emanuel-celler/i-had-advocated-the-establishment-of-a-negro-industrial-commission-i/) [Emanuel Celler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emanuel-celler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/emanuel-celler-18605_bills_i-had-advocated-the-establishment-of-a-n_2580088.png) > [That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-d-roosevelt/that-in-its-essence-is-fascism-ownership-of-government-by-an/) [Franklin D. Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-d-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c48/franklin-d-roosevelt-488_corporatism_that-in-its-essence-is-fascism-ownership_2254144.jpg) > [The dangers of unexamined and unregulated monopoly power, particularly in the state executive, are hardly news. The right reaction is not passive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-dangers-of-unexamined-and-unregulated-monopoly-power-particularly/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/noam-chomsky-42_acquiescence_the-dangers-of-unexamined-and-unregulate_2666603.jpg) > [The truth of art consists in its power to break the monopoly that those in power exercise by defining what is real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-donoghue/the-truth-of-art-consists-in-its-power-to-break-the-monopoly-that/) [Denis Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-donoghue/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/281/denis-donoghue-47757_art_the-truth-of-art-consists-in-its-power-t_1395206.jpg) > [There can be no such thing as "limited government," because there is no way to control an entity that in principle enjoys…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sobran/there-can-be-no-such-thing-as-limited-government-because-there-is-no/) [Joseph Sobran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-sobran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49b/joseph-sobran-6902_anarchy_there-can-be-no-such-thing-as-limited-go_2732328.jpg) > [Regulatory fiat cannot create a market at a technologically interdependent interface. And by the same token, regulation and so-called monopoly power rarely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-christensen/regulatory-fiat-cannot-create-a-market-at-a-technologically/) [Clayton Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-christensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/clayton-christensen-2433_interfaces_regulatory-fiat-cannot-create-a-market-a_2769685.png) > [I'm not suggesting that social scientists stop teaching and investigating classic topics like monopoly power, racial profiling and health inequality. But everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-a-christakis/i-m-not-suggesting-that-social-scientists-stop-teaching-and/) [Nicholas A. Christakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-a-christakis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e39/nicholas-a-christakis-20388_bad_i-m-not-suggesting-that-social-scientist_998016.png) > [The mere possession of monopoly power, and the concomitant charging of monopoly prices, is not only not unlawful, it is an important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonin-scalia/the-mere-possession-of-monopoly-power-and-the-concomitant-charging-of/) [Antonin Scalia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonin-scalia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/800/antonin-scalia-2855_acumen_the-mere-possession-of-monopoly-power-an_2676921.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/monopoly-power/#itemlist", "name": "Monopoly power Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The best of all monopoly profits is a quiet 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