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Charles Koch says a leader must let people challenge them, or the group stops working well. He believes a business should make useful products while using fewer resources and acting with integrity. He also notes that having the right values is essential for a system that creates value for others.

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I try to hire people who will challenge and have the humility to be challenged - people who have basically good values.

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How do we make people's lives better unless we find the truth of what works and what doesn't?

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In America, we are just moving the chairs around and spending huge amounts of money rather than having them go in making…

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If people don't learn to work by the time they're in their 30s, they're never very productive.

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Just Donald Trump's tenor and insulting of people is just beyond the pale.

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If the legislation helps people improve their lives, then that's great because that's the ultimate goal of all of this.

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You can't start taking away benefits if people don't have any opportunities.

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You pass a program and get people dependent on it, making it brutal to get rid of. The key is not letting…

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I've devoted most of my life to understanding the principles that enable people to improve their lives. It's those principles, the principles…

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Why I've never been that fond of politics and only got into it recently kicking and screaming, because I don't think politicians…

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If people are teaching economics, they need to teach all the different disciplines, all the different schools in economics. They can't just…

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If somebody is doing more and more to make other people's lives better, have them make all they can, if that's what…

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Hubris, arrogance, is just one step ahead of loss of integrity, because if you think you're better than other people, you know…

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I'd like to see a rebirth of America - go back where there's equal rights for everybody and that people succeed to…

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My father wanted to instill the work ethic. And, because he knew if you don't learn to work to be more productive…

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For business to survive over a long period, it needs to be contributing to society and people's well-being. Otherwise, who's going to…

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Most companies want free enterprise in general because that produces better goods and services and makes people's lives better, but they don't…

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I love to try to understand first principles and be guided by that. But then, enrich them, because they won't last forever,…

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I don't like the idea of capitalism anyway. Because it's not capital we are talking about; it's knowledge and creating well-being. Because…

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I've been blessed by learning certain principles and values that transformed my life and enabled me to accomplish more than I really…

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The Declaration of Independence was only partially applied for women and for certain immigrants such as the Chinese. And it wasn't applied…

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Successful companies create value by providing products or services their customers value more highly than available alternatives. They do this while consuming…

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Putting aside all the things that are said about Hillary [Clinton], my main difference with her is on the vision of what…

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There are now businesses and entire industries that exist solely as a result of federal patronage. Profiting from government instead of earning…

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All of our policies are based on whether it will make - enable people to improve their lives or it will make…

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We try to reward people according to the value they create, value they create in society and for the company.

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Just spreading the money around - that isn't what makes people better off; it's having more and better goods and services.

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When you start attacking cronyism and people's political interests, it gets nasty.

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People should only profit to the extent they make other peoples lives better.

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A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and what they value,

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The government is largely influenced by people who advocate corporate welfare and advocate these policies that create this two-tiered society...

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Best part of my job is fulfillment. When I see that, that we're creating value, that we're helping improve people's lives, and…

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I agree with George Washington's concern about parties: They become an end in themselves, rather than being committed to helping people improve…

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You can pay certain people more money and stuff but that's just going to be a transfer from one group to another.…

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The role of business is to provide products and services that make people's lives better - while using fewer resources - and…

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I always wanted to be different and do things differently. I was a pain in the neck. I was challenging everything you…

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If we are going to have a Fed, it should not fall into the tyranny of experts with the a fatal conceit…

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In business, real jobs profitably produce goods and services that people value more highly than their alternatives. Subsidizing inefficient jobs is costly,…

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I've had the philosophy that John Adams expressed, in the kind of system that we're trying to create in this country: that…

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Our system here of creating value for others and having people do the right thing, exchange information, and so on only works…

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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…

Our system here of creating value for others and having people do the right thing, exchange information, and so on only works if people…

You can't start taking away benefits if people don't have any opportunities.

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…

In business, real jobs profitably produce goods and services that people value more highly than their alternatives. Subsidizing inefficient jobs is costly, wastes resources,…

Just Donald Trump's tenor and insulting of people is just beyond the pale.

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.

They say your genetics are going to set your direction regardless of what happens, but I think there's more to it than that.

I have been a libertarian in my past but now I consider myself a classical liberal.

We oppose all corporate welfare, whether we benefit or not. You will find that our policy positions mainly hurt our profitability rather than help…

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…

The role of business is to provide products and services that make people's live better - while using fewer resources - and to act…

To end cronyism we must end government's ability to dole out favors and rig the market.

How do we make people's lives better unless we find the truth of what works and what doesn't?

You pass a program and get people dependent on it, making it brutal to get rid of. The key is not letting it get…