Serj Tankian Quotes

I do not expect monopoly to restrain itself.

There must be reasonable restrictions upon competition else we shall see competition destroyed.

We no longer have a free market in the United States, we have a government controlled free market.

There's a difference between a free market and free-for-all market.

There can never be such a thing as a free market, because it is human nature to cheat, monopolize, and buy off others so as to corner the market.

The so-called anti-trust laws were intended to prevent the creation of monopolies and to forbid unreasonable profits to those monopolies

The only way you can stop the unregulated monopoly ... from gouging ... is to introduce competition.

Monopolies—the worst of all taxes.

I think that there is absolutely no free market in modern industrial states.

When the government gets involved in pricing, I don't think it's the right way to look at a business.

There is no pure free-market economy.

Every country has the right to determine its own laws. And India can't afford monopolies.

Everybody agrees that you want competition. But you have to have rules of fair competition if you want to have competitors to enter the market.

Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy.

How come there's only one Monopolies Commission?

Free competition and the open market system as they were known in the old days, have lost their places in the system, and that the only substitute for them, in these modern times, is government regulation and control.

I am firmly opposed to the Government entering any business the major purpose of which is competition with our citizens.

The people were told in the last campaign that trusts [corporate monopolies] were a natural evolution, and that the only way to deal with them was to regulate them. The people are tired of being told such things. What they want is the kind of opportunity that formerly existed in this country.

Are we really going to let the world become a global market without any laws except those of the jungle?

The best way for you to keep Government out of your business is to promote competition.

These great forces are in such combination and agreement that it is well-nigh impossible for honest competition to be set up against them.

I don’t like monopolies when I see them.

Regulation is often a way to keep a dominant firm in place.

Theodore Roosevelt understood that unregulated monopoly could pose an even greater threat than unrestrained government.

Nobody believes in completely unadulterated capitalism.