Dreams Quote by Jane Mayer

“The next morning, readers of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal opened their papers to see a full-page ad paid for…

— Jane Mayer

“As Charles Lewis, the founder of the Center for Public Integrity, a nonpartisan watchdog group, put it, “The Kochs are on a whole different…

— Jane Mayer

“While those attracted to the Kochs’ meetings were uniformly conservative, they were not the predictable cartoon villains of conspiracy theories but spanned a wide…

— Jane Mayer

“In 1976, with a contribution of some $65,000 from Charles Koch, the Center for Libertarian Studies in New York City was launched and soon…

— Jane Mayer

“The government enforces a monopoly over the production and distribution of its alleged 'services' and brings violence to bear against would-be competitors. In so…

— Robert Higgs

“In the view of the Kochs and other members of the Libertarian Party, government should be reduced to a skeletal function: the protection of…

— Jane Mayer

“To this end, the Kochs waged a long and remarkable battle of ideas. They subsidized networks of seemingly unconnected think tanks and academic programs…

— Jane Mayer

“In 1992, David Koch likened the brothers’ multipronged political strategy to that of venture capitalists with diversified portfolios. “My overall concept is to minimize…

— Jane Mayer

“Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity and willing…

— Anonymous

“They made political contributions to party committees and candidates, such as Dole. Their business made contributions through its political action committee and exerted influence…

— Jane Mayer

“Corporate governments have a long and established history of not prosecuting government officials that have been involved in blatant frauds.”

— Steven Magee

“Koch's youthful idealism about libertarianism had largely devolved into a rationale for corporate self-interest.”

— John Charles Chasteen