For a while, even in the house of good friends for dinner or for cocktails, they would really be upset. They thought I had single-handedly destroyed the best phone service in the world.

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The Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in...

The Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in...

I could see flames from the windows of my chambers. For the next three or...

I could see flames from the windows of my chambers. For the next three or...

I'm a great believer in the competitive system, and think that competition will bring us...

I'm a great believer in the competitive system, and think that competition will bring us...

Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The...

Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The...

Competition is good and has served us well.

Competition is good and has served us well.

If members of the security apparatus could, with impunity, keep from those elected by the...

If members of the security apparatus could, with impunity, keep from those elected by the...

Every one of the world's dictatorships can and does claim to be acting in the...

Every one of the world's dictatorships can and does claim to be acting in the...

People are intimidated in court, and I try to make them more comfortable.

People are intimidated in court, and I try to make them more comfortable.

You can't just lecture the poor that they shouldn't riot or go to extremes. You...

You can't just lecture the poor that they shouldn't riot or go to extremes. You...

Once I was standing in line to buy a telephone and Senator Wirth was in...

Once I was standing in line to buy a telephone and Senator Wirth was in...

There would be nights when I would wake up and couldn't get back to sleep....

There would be nights when I would wake up and couldn't get back to sleep....

The enforcement of the law cannot depend on the justice of a cause or one...

The enforcement of the law cannot depend on the justice of a cause or one...

The traditional practice is that the justices don't ask the attorney general any questions, so...

The traditional practice is that the justices don't ask the attorney general any questions, so...

The attorney general would call at 5 o'clock in the evening and say: 'Tomorrow morning...

The attorney general would call at 5 o'clock in the evening and say: 'Tomorrow morning...

I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the...

I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the...

Frequently you have a clash between the more sterile letter of the law and the...

Frequently you have a clash between the more sterile letter of the law and the...

I don't want to be influenced by outside opinion.

I don't want to be influenced by outside opinion.

They say I am a regulator and I think it is just an effort not...

They say I am a regulator and I think it is just an effort not...

The testimony and the documentary evidence produced by the Government demonstrate that the Bell System...

The testimony and the documentary evidence produced by the Government demonstrate that the Bell System...

I think it does work. The fact that the law is there and injustices can...

I think it does work. The fact that the law is there and injustices can...