Barriers Quote by Joichi Ito

I'm not denying that monopolies are terrible things, but I am denying that it is readily easy to resolve them through legislation of that…

— Alan Greenspan

The benefit of even limited monopolies is too doubtful, to be opposed to that of their general suppression.

— Thomas Jefferson

While control is needed, and perfectly warranted, our bias should be clear up front: Monopolies are not justified by theory; they should be permitted…

— Lawrence Lessig

It is a free market that makes monopolies impossible.

— Ayn Rand

Monopolies harm Americans in all sorts of ways.

— Lina Khan

Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.

— Gavin Newsom

We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels.

— Henry A. Wallace

I believe that if you go and ask a chief executive of a Goldman Sachs or a BP, and they answer you honestly they…

— Ian Bremmer

Government must guard against quasi-monopoly suppliers becoming too important to fail, and encourage competition through, for example, splitting up contracts to encourage (smaller businesses)…

— Margaret Hodge

Under Ronald Reagan in the United States and Margaret Thatcher in the U.K., there was a rewriting of the basic rules of capitalism. These…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Philanthropic leaders genially speak of complementing government, not competing with it as if monopoly were good and competition destructive-thus unwittingly conspiring against the public…

— Richard Cornuelle