They say your genetics are going to set your direction regardless of what happens, but I think there's more to it than… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
A university shouldn't be a place of comfort. It should be a place of discomfort because you want to disabuse these kids… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
I didn't think I was good at anything, didn't do well in school. And then in the third grade, I was going… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
In America, I think we just keep adding, and that's our problem. We almost never subtract. We keep adding these boondoggles, and… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
We needed to be uncompromising with our workforce, to expect 100 percent of our employees to comply 100 percent of the time… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Why I've never been that fond of politics and only got into it recently kicking and screaming, because I don't think politicians… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
What hermeneutics teaches is that progress comes from being exposed to different points of views because there's no point of view that… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Our vision controls the way we think and, therefore, the way we act the vision we have of our jobs determines what… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Corporate welfare, I think, is a disaster for this country. It's crippling our economy. It is contributing to a permanent underclass and… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
I like to think that I try to learn something every day - and change my views, modify my views as I… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
I think this is so important - what's not done well at education at every level - is helping kids find, as… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
I think our biggest problem in society is we're headed more and more toward a two-tiered society. That is, creating welfare for… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Hubris, arrogance, is just one step ahead of loss of integrity, because if you think you're better than other people, you know… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
First word [of my father] when I arrived [as a CEO] is, 'Son, i hope your first deal is a loser, otherwise,… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Everything I give, pretty much, is public. Not every donor wants to - or is willing to get the kind of abuse… — 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
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