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Most power is power to coerce somebody. We don't have the power to coerce anybody.
Charles Koch
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Charles Koch
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: November 1
Businessman
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Wichita
Kansas
Charles G. Koch
Charles de Ganahl Koch
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