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

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

Charles Koch

The good and the bad news is that politicians rarely do what they say they are going to do when they campaign.

The good and the bad news is that politicians rarely do what they say they are going to do when they campaign.

We try to evaluate how much value an employee is creating here and reward them accordingly.

We try to evaluate how much value an employee is creating here and reward them accordingly.

That's the first rule for anybody who controls - do no harm.

That's the first rule for anybody who controls - do no harm.

Anytime students shout down a speaker who says something different, this is not good.

Anytime students shout down a speaker who says something different, this is not good.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I don't believe in a plumb line. I believe in the exchange of ideas.

I don't believe in a plumb line. I believe in the exchange of ideas.

A market system is not a profit system, it's a profit-and-loss system.

A market system is not a profit system, it's a profit-and-loss system.

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

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

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

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

I believe that cronyism is nothing more than welfare for the rich and powerful.

I believe that cronyism is nothing more than welfare for the rich and powerful.

We don't have the power to coerce anybody.

We don't have the power to coerce anybody.

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

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

If what you preach and what you do are inconsistent, your children will spot hypocrisy faster than anybody and do the opposite.

If what you preach and what you do are inconsistent, your children will spot hypocrisy faster than anybody and do the opposite.

I don't have all the answers. I have a lot of questions. And I have some basic principles.

I don't have all the answers. I have a lot of questions. And I have some basic principles.

I like to think that I try to learn something every day,  and change my views, modify my views as I learn.

I like to think that I try to learn something every day, and change my views, modify my views as I learn.

Success is one of the worst enemies of success because success tends to breed complacency and a lack of humility.

Success is one of the worst enemies of success because success tends to breed complacency and a lack of humility.