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

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Charles Koch
Age: 88
Born: 1935
Born: November 1
Businessman
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Wichita
Kansas
Charles G. Koch
Charles de Ganahl Koch
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The old idea that some genius pulls all of this stuff out of the air is ridiculous. As Ridley pointed out, the only way Edison could invent the lightbulb is because all the elements had been developed before. That's obvious it wasn't just his genius - 20 others developed it at the same time. And that's true for almost every invention and discovery.
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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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If you never failed, then you're probably not doing very much.
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I've always believed in the saying that there is no limit to what you can accomplish if you don't care who gets the credit.
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That's the first rule for anybody who controls - do no harm.
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A market system is not a profit system, it's a profit-and-loss system.
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The role of business is to provide products and services that make peoples lives better - while using fewer resources - and to act lawfully and with integrity.
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I don't have all the answers. I have a lot of questions. And I have some basic principles.
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Citizens who over-rely on their government to do everything not only become dependent on their government, they end up having to do whatever the government demands. In the meantime, their initiative and self-respect are destroyed.
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We oppose all corporate welfare, whether we benefit or not. You will find that our policy positions mainly hurt our profitability rather than help it.
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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 their lives worse.
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My father would always say learn everything you can and whenever you can, because you never know when it'll come in handy.
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The great thing about my parents is they didn't preach anything they didn't practice.
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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 profits in the economy, such businesses can continue to succeed even if they are squandering resources and making products that people wouldn't ordinarily buy.
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My parents worked really hard at communicating other values they felt were important, such as integrity, courage, humility, treating others with dignity and respect, and having a thirst for knowledge.
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Most power is power to coerce somebody. We don't have the power to coerce anybody.
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I like to think that I try to learn something every day - and change my views, modify my views as I learn.
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If you've got a dirty job, the best way is to help each other and then you'll create this culture of mutual benefit. And then you've got to understand who your customer is and create value for them and so on.
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