Agree Quote by Tommy Douglas

Monopolists who fear competition and who distrust democracy because it stands for equal opportunity would like to secure their position against small and energetic…

— Henry A. Wallace

“A government is a territorial monopolist of compulsion-an agency which may engage in continual, institutionalized property rights violations and the expropriation, taxation and regulation-of…

— Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Our freedom of choice in a competitive society rests on the fact that, if one person refuses to satisfy our wishes, we can turn…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

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

“These monopolies, and many more, gave individuals or groups the sole right to control the production of many goods. They impeded the type of…

— Daron Acemoğlu

My hope is that we revive 'monopoly' as a core piece of political rhetoric that broadly denotes dominant firms with pernicious powers.

— Franklin Foer

As we view the achievements of aggregated capital, we discover the existence of trusts, combinations, and monopolies, while the citizen is struggling far in…

— Grover Cleveland

Monopolies are not justified by theory; they should be permitted only when justified by facts. If there is no solid basis for extending a…

— Lawrence Lessig

In an effort to eliminate the possibility of any rival growing up, some monopolists would sacrifice democracy itself.

— Henry A. Wallace

Monopolistic capitalism is to blame for this; it sunders the right to own property from responsibility that owning property involves. Those who own only…

— Fulton J. Sheen

“Let us henceforth make war on all monopolies—whether corporate or union. The enemy of freedom is unrestrained power, and the champions of freedom will…

— Barry M. Goldwater

A monopoly granted either to an individual or to a trading company has the same effect as a secret in trade or manufactures. The…

— Adam Smith