Margrethe Vestager

We would completely delegitimise what we are doing if we allow politics to interfere with our work.

— Margrethe Vestager

You need to have the advice from experienced people coming from different kinds of educational and backgrounds in general, and then you…

— Margrethe Vestager

History shows the power-grab in every religion once it gets organised. And then it's people making you do things that you don't…

— Margrethe Vestager

Most politicians are either generalists or specialists. It's very rare that a politician is both.

— Margrethe Vestager

If you're in a situation where your effective tax rate is so much lower than any other company, then obviously you have…

— Margrethe Vestager

Planning is like taking on blinders. I think it is a wise thing to be open to whatever shows up on your…

— Margrethe Vestager

In Europe, we don't only take offence when one company is treating another company in a way that's illegal. We also look…

— Margrethe Vestager

I'm quite enthusiastic about any kind of gadget and app and feature and things that enable me to have a very convenient…

— Margrethe Vestager

Part of being not only a liberal but also a human is to make your own decisions.

— Margrethe Vestager

I've asked myself what is the worst thing that can happen if I take this decision and go along with it. Very…

— Margrethe Vestager

Where I grew up, it was a very open home.

— Margrethe Vestager

We want a free market, but we know that the paradox of a 'free' market is that sometimes you have to intervene.…

— Margrethe Vestager

Basically, I come to Washington a couple of times a year, sort of on a strictly business basis: talk to my counterparts…

— Margrethe Vestager

What I have come to realize over the twenty years when I have worked in different roles as a legislator is that…

— Margrethe Vestager

Being a politician, I know how motivating it can be when the public is outraged.

— Margrethe Vestager

I was brought up with a very strong value that you should always protect the small and the few against those who…

— Margrethe Vestager

We have to take our democracy back. We cannot leave it to Facebook or Snapchat or anyone else. We have to take…

— Margrethe Vestager

I know what I need. I don't want people to tell me what I need.

— Margrethe Vestager

I think a lot can be said for consolidation, but I think it should be done for the right reasons.

— Margrethe Vestager

I have learned that European politics is very much like Danish politics. You have all the rumours.

— Margrethe Vestager

If you, as a company, can get a deal that I, as a company, cannot get, you can compete with me but…

— Margrethe Vestager

It's not in my mission to work against Euroskepticism; it's my mission to work for fair markets. In antitrust, what is at…

— Margrethe Vestager

When I was very young, I took no interest in party politics. My line of interest was how can you be part…

— Margrethe Vestager

You can be big, and you can be successful, but you cannot abuse your power to stop others from challenging you from…

— Margrethe Vestager

Ours was a never a 'religious' religious home because my parents thought of religion as something you do: it's the way you…

— Margrethe Vestager