Marvin Ammori Quotes

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the challenges facing our cities or to the housing crisis, but the two issues need to be considered together. From an urban design and planning point of view, the well-connected open city is a powerful paradigm and an engine for integration and inclusivity.

This is absolutely bizarre that we continue to subsidize highways beyond the gasoline tax, airlines, and we don't subsidize, we don't want to subsidize a national rail system that has environmental impact.

Privatization of assets that most of us consider public goods - like airports and highways - has a long, often-uncontroversial history.

A country is not a business and a government should stand for much more than economic efficiency.

Government functions best as a catalyst, not a cure. We need a smarter, more effective government, not a bigger one.

Competition is good for consumers. It provides more choices at better prices.

When prices are transparent and competition is encouraged, consumers win. We believe that can prove true in health care as it has in every other area of the American economy.

You can provide better services for less if you get the federal government out of the way.

The government has a key role in regulating and making sure there's an even playing field and protecting consumers. No question about it.

My worldview says that competition is the consumer's best friend.

It is in all our interests that the government, when buying goods or services, pays the lowest price.

The government should find regulation to encourage ride-sharing companies. Rather than finding impediments for them, regulate them by all means... create a framework by which ride-sharing companies can survive.

Coolidge really hated government being in the power business. He thought it was wrong. He saw the potential for growth in the power business. He didn't want the federal government in it.

Competition drives growth in the end as opposed to monopolies.

Supermarkets have contributed as much to increasing the standard of living in the United Kingdom as almost any government policy. They bring a level of convenience and quality that was unknown to previous generations at a highly competitive price because of their buying power.

We are not opposed to public transportation. We are opposed to wasteful boondoggles.

Detroit's really important to the success of our state. You know, you can't have a successful Michigan if the biggest city isn't a success as well.

It doesn't really matter who owns things so long there is enough competition, which means lower pricing, better quality goods, more variety, and an economy where the consumers are the big winners.

I am committed to ensuring that, as Portland grows, the things we love about our city grow along with us.

Our streets are very important for social cohesion, for feelings of safety, and we just surrendered all this to the car. But it doesn't have to be that way.

The war on driving includes calls for carbon and gas taxes, tens of billions of gas tax money diverted to inefficient and little-used mass transit projects, and opposition to building new roads and highways.

I don't have a car and have decided never to own one.

In March 2005, I was appointed to the board of the Santa Barbara metro transit district. I was incredibly optimistic about how public transportation can be the solution to help people live in the city and not need a car.

New York has been embarrassed by corruption and lags behind in too many important categories. We can do better.

Monopolies are bad because people get bad service for high prices. Competition is good because people get good service for competitive prices.