Lawrence Lessig Quotes

No access to me, nor my staff, will ever affect what we do to protect consumers of the state of Florida.

In consumer protection, you can say it hurts business; that is, it makes them comply with the law, which is actually what we want them to do, but it helps consumers.

The question is how do you do it [more consumer protection] so that it actually works that way? And that takes analysis, and sometimes collaboration between government and business, to understand how that works.

We know how to punish retailers and manufacturers that don't provide quality and value. But we're lousy at fighting effectively for what we really need - reliable insurance policies; affordable health care; safe, healthy food.

Perhaps the single most effective antagonist of American business is Ralph Nader, who - thanks largely to the media - has become a legend in his own time and an idol of millions of Americans.

As part of my efforts to fight identity theft, I worked with my colleagues on the Financial Services Committee to strengthen consumer protection with a reasonable notification requirement.

Honest businessmen should be protected from the unscrupulous consumer.

Companies shouldn't use the law to prevent consumers from doing something legal.

Whether or not you have good consumer protection has a big effect on safety and soundness of the banking community, especially smaller banks.

The do-not-call list puts the responsibility where it should be: on the telemarketers. If they want to make the calls, they should be the ones doing the work to ensure fairness.

The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife.

I know how tough it is to stand up to powerful forces that prey on consumers.

Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.

The industry must adhere to certain consumer protection norms if the Internet is to remain an open platform for innovation.

We need to be much more robust consumers.

I'm all for consumer rights. I get very aggravated if I don't get a good service.

My own personal preference is that the consumer, the individual person should be protected because individual people and the difference between individual people and the diversity we have between people on the planet is so important.

I hope they can see that as a consumer, if they express themselves, they may make an impact and leverage their impact on the brands, and the brands can leverage their buying power on tens of thousands of polluters - suppliers - in China.

As parents and as consumers, we have the right and the power to pressure the entertainment industry to respond to our needs. Americans, after all, should insist that every corporate giant - whether it produces chemicals or records - accept responsibility for what it produces.

Consumers are empowered by Yelp and tools like it: before, when they had a bad experience, they didn't have much recourse. They could fume, but often nothing else other than tell their friends.

The broken consumer credit market had to be repaired by making sure that consumers had the right information and could use it effectively. That meant consolidating the bloated patchwork of ineffective agencies and regulations so that a single agency could act as a voice for consumers.

The Department of Insurance should be a state watchdog for the people, not a lap dog.

The consumer is the only man in our economy without a high-powered lobbyist in Washington.

Basic labeling and consumer information hasn’t been a chief priority, but hopefully now its starting to change.

We consumers have to send a message every day of what we want and what we don't.