Just spreading the money around - that isn't what makes people better off; it's having more and better goods and services. — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
You can pay certain people more money and stuff but that's just going to be a transfer from one group to another.… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
We create these boom-bust cycles by manipulating the money supply and the interest rates and directing it where it went in. And… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
In America, we are just moving the chairs around and spending huge amounts of money rather than having them go in making… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
I try to build on our management philosophy. I try to understand what the threats and opportunities are for us. Uh, I… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
My father told me "If you choose to let this money destroy your initiative and independence, then it will be a curse… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
The best way to make money is to have more economic freedom, which is why we are one of the very few… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
When currying favor with Washington is seen as a much easier way to make money, businesses inevitably begin to compete with rivals… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
The successful companies try to keep the new entrants down. Now that's great for a company like ours. We make more money… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
I believe my business and non-profit investments are much more beneficial to societal well-being than sending more money to Washington. — 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
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 Image
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 Image
You can't start taking away benefits if people don't have any opportunities. — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Just Donald Trump's tenor and insulting of people is just beyond the pale. — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I have been a libertarian in my past but now I consider myself a classical liberal. — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image