Far from trying to rig the system, I have spent decades opposing cronyism and all political favors, including mandates, subsidies and protective… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
From the beginning of time, business has cozied up to government and gotten restrictions on competition and subsidies and stuff. — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Far too many businesses have been all too eager to lobby for maintaining and increasing subsidies and mandates paid by taxpayers and… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Far too many businesses have been all too eager to lobby for maintaining and increasing subsidies and mandates paid by taxpayers and… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Subsidies and mandates are just two of the privileges that government can bestow on politically connected friends. Others include grants, loans, tax… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
The easy way to make money is to get special political privilege. From the beginning of time, business has cozied up to… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Most companies want free enterprise in general because that produces better goods and services and makes people's lives better, but they don't… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
If you're a leader at any level and your people aren't challenging you, you've got to change that or you can't be a leader… — Charles Koch Copy Share
Our system here of creating value for others and having people do the right thing, exchange information, and so on only works if people… — Charles Koch Copy Share
You can't start taking away benefits if people don't have any opportunities. — Charles Koch Copy Share
I've been blessed by learning certain principles and values that transformed my life and enabled me to accomplish more than I really had the… — Charles Koch Copy Share
In business, real jobs profitably produce goods and services that people value more highly than their alternatives. Subsidizing inefficient jobs is costly, wastes resources,… — Charles Koch Copy Share
I studied what principles under-laid peace and prosperity and concluded the only way to achieve societal well-being was through a system of economic freedom. — Charles Koch Copy Share
They say your genetics are going to set your direction regardless of what happens, but I think there's more to it than that. — Charles Koch Copy Share
I have been a libertarian in my past but now I consider myself a classical liberal. — Charles Koch Copy Share
We oppose all corporate welfare, whether we benefit or not. You will find that our policy positions mainly hurt our profitability rather than help… — Charles Koch Copy Share
The trajectory of this country [USA] is not positive and particularly for the disadvantaged, as we see what's happening. The gains in productivity have… — Charles Koch Copy Share
The role of business is to provide products and services that make people's live better - while using fewer resources - and to act… — Charles Koch Copy Share
To end cronyism we must end government's ability to dole out favors and rig the market. — Charles Koch Copy Share
How do we make people's lives better unless we find the truth of what works and what doesn't? — Charles Koch Copy Share
You pass a program and get people dependent on it, making it brutal to get rid of. The key is not letting it get… — Charles Koch Copy Share
