Quotes about Monopoly

Government holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force.

Kings were no better than murderers, the only difference being that they had a legal monopoly on killing.

The narrative knows the way in which hungry peasants, in need of food from the monopoly, will pay their money, then forfeit their cattle, and then finally give up their land, because Pharaoh leverages food in order to enhance his power. In the end, the peasants are so "happy" that they asked to be "owned":

All churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

God's grace and revelation are the monopoly of no race or nation.

Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.