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.
Charles KochRepeatedly asking for government help undermines the foundations of society by destroying initiative and responsibility. It is also a fatal blow to efficiency and corrupts the political process.
Charles KochIf somebody is doing more and more to make other people's lives better, have them make all they can, if that's what drives them, because that's what we want.
Charles KochThe government is largely influenced by people who advocate corporate welfare and advocate these policies that create this two-tiered society...
Charles KochSuccess is one of the worst enemies of success, because success tends to breed complacency and lack of humility.
Charles KochMost companies want free enterprise in general because that produces better goods and services and makes people's lives better, but they don't want it in their business. They want protection from competition, they want subsidies, they want the government to pick winners and losers, and they want to be picked as winners, and that's what we're opposing, and that's what drives my whole efforts in policy, and in the political arena.
Charles Koch