The essence of a university is free and open inquiry, and when it loses that it is no longer a university.
Charles KochJust spreading the money around - that isn't what makes people better off; it's having more and better goods and services.
Charles KochEverything I give, pretty much, is public. Not every donor wants to - or is willing to get the kind of abuse and attacks that we do, or death threats, so they're not willing to have their names out. I think the other side is pushing for that because they want to intimidate people so they won't oppose it.
Charles KochBeing captive to quarterly earnings isn't consistent with long-term value creation. This pressure and the short term focus of equity markets make it difficult for a public company to invest for long-term success, and tend to force company leaders to sacrifice long-term results to protect current earnings.
Charles Koch