send your employee is try new things. don t be afraid to fail or make mistakes. if you never failed, then you re probably not doing very much. you re certainly not innovating. you re not improving. the only way you improve is to try new things. what if you re a big success and you don t want to risk it? that s one of my principles. success is one oeft worst enemies of success. success tends to breed kbla sen sill and lack of humility. when companies aren t successful, koch says uncle sam should stay out of it, dismissing government subsidies, loans and tariffs as corporate welfare. well, corporate welfare, i think, is a disaster for this country. it s crippling our economy. it eets contributing to a permanent underclass and corrupting the business community. critics say what the kochs
hundreds of millions to help fight cancer, poverty and to encourage entrepreneurship in addition to their political donations. so how exactly did charles coke, a man demonized by the president, the majority leader and minority leader become so feared and so successful. for the first time, he tells us from his home in wichita, banked up a little, thanks to foot surgery and wearing a cast decorated by his wife, ready to talk about life, politics and his book, good profit. so your book reads to me like a love letter. how big of an influence was he. my father s influence came from he decided well, probably before we were born that as he put it, i m not going
force it. so our job now, schismly, is to make sure that we kill the bad guys when we find them. and then do what s necessary to protect the american people. period. great to see you, thank you, sir. up next, a high school scuffle blows up into a brawl with police. the entire thing caught on camera and, mark, next on the legal complaints we are already hearing about excessive force. and then, charles coke took a flungling oil company and turn t ted it into one of the biggest firm ins america and became target number one in the process. now, after years of largely ignoring attacks from the left, he larkly breaks his silence. harry reid, your brother david pointed out, mentioned the coke
everyone personal savety, to, in his words, make the country better for everyone. charles coke, captain of industry, innovator and some say gop king maker, kwh has made him a target of the democrats for years. what is un-american is when shadowy billionaires pour unlimited money into our democracy to rig the system to benefit themselves and the wealthiest 1%. they don t care what anybody says, kpept for themselves and the corporate masters like the coke brothers. they have one master and that s money. when people hear the name, coke brother, it has a negative con notation. i will stand up to all the attacks from the supper pacs and the coke brothers every chance i get. even president obama has joined in.
road to happiness isn t to go drink more or consume more. road to happiness is fully develop your abilities, and then apply them to do good. reporter: and speaking of happiness, koch s father left his sons a bit of money upon his death. along with one final piece of advice. if you choose to let this money destroy your initiative and independence, then it will be a curse to you and my action in giving it to you will have been a mistake. i shall regret very much to have you miss the glorious feeling of accomplishment. remember that often adversity is a blessing in disguise and is certainly the greatest character builder. that s tough. the glorious feeling of accomplishment. yeah. charles koch, thank you. well, thank