Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-2] of 2 John Stossel quotesJohn Stossel QuotesJohn Stossel I started out by viewing the marketplace as a cruel place, where you need intervention by government and lawyers to protect people. But after watching the regulators work, I have come to believe that markets are magical and the best protectors of the consumer. It is my job to explain the beauties of the free market.~ John Stossel The history books say that during the Progressive era, government trustbusters reined in business. Nonsense. Progressive 'reforms' -- railroad regulation, meat inspection, drug certification and the rest -- were done at the behest of big companies that wanted competition managed. They knew regulation would burden smaller companies more than themselves. The strategy works.~ John Stossel Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print