Zephyr Teachout Quotes

Google's ability to pick winners and losers in the information world is a menace. These companies have the ability to determine which media companies are successful and which ones are failures. If I adopt a business plan that doesn't line up with Google's, then they're not going to reward me.

The holder of a monopoly is a sinner and offender.

The federal government has shown little willingness to stand up to corporate monopolies, and use its powers under the existing antitrust statutes, including the powerful Clayton Act and Sherman Act.

Google is basically too big for anyone to go against in a serious way.

Intel continues... to abuse their monopoly, and that's why, around the world, governments and regulatory agencies continue to go after them.

Dominant companies can't abuse their position to create advantage in related markets.

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

We can't have these great corporations crowding competition off the sidewalks. It's like an elephant saying, "Everyone for himself," as he dances among the chickens.

Monopoly is a terrible thing, till you have it.

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

After we have calmly stood by and allowed monopolies to grow fat, we should not be asked to make them bloated.

You won't get sued for anticompetitive behavior.

I think it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to try and break up Microsoft.

I've seen articles suggesting that Wal-Mart buys at prices lower than our competitors', and that this gives Wal-Mart an unfair advantage. I don't believe it... What we hear is concern that in some circumstances, Wal-Mart may actually be paying more than our competitors.

Dominant companies have a special responsibility to ensure that the way they do business doesn't prevent competition... and does not harm consumers and innovation.

The testimony and the documentary evidence produced by the Government demonstrate that the Bell System had violated the antitrust laws in a number of ways over a lengthy period of time.

I thought Microsoft did a lot of things that were good and right building parts of the browser into the operating system. Then I thought it out and came up with reasons why it was a monopoly.

it shall be unlawful for any person engaged in commerce … to substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly in any line of commerce.

Monopolies have good sides to them as well as bad sides to them.

[Monopolies are:] ... the bane of our body politic at the present day.

Adequate relief in a monopolization case should put an end to the combination and deprive the defendants of any of the benefits of the illegal conduct, and break up or render impotent the monopoly power found to be in violation of the Act.

The most frequent request we get at the FCC is from companies who say, “Please regulate my rival.” The Commission can become a new tool for competitive strategy.

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

Hirelings of monopoly

Just because you can’t execute collusion well, doesn’t mean that it isn’t collusion.