John Ashcroft Vital Quotations

Today's decision will allow the approved settlement to provide certainty and stability in a vital sector of America's economy,

This settlement brings effective relief to the marketplace and ensures consumers have more choices in working with their computers, ... A competitive software industry is vital to our economy and effective antitrust enforcement is crucial in a constantly changing high-tech environment.

A vigorously competitive airline industry is vital to our economy and effective antitrust enforcement is important to preserving the benefits of competition in a deregulated airline industry, ... If this acquisition were allowed to proceed, millions of consumers ? business, government and families ? would have little choice but to pay higher fares and accept lower quality air service.