The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.
GEORGE SOROSThe main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.
GEORGE SOROSStart by assuming the market is always wrong, so if you copy everybody else on Wall Street, you’re doomed to do poorly.
GEORGE SOROSStock market bubbles don’t grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.
GEORGE SOROSI’m only rich because I know when I’m wrong…I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.
GEORGE SOROSAmerican supremacy is the greatest threat to the world today.
GEORGE SOROSThe main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.
GEORGE SOROSMarkets can influence the events that they anticipate.
GEORGE SOROSMarket prices are always wrong in the sense that they present a biased view of the future.
GEORGE SOROSThe scope for improvement is infinite, precisely because perfection is unattainable.
GEORGE SOROSIf we care about universal principles such as freedom, democracy and the rule of law, we cannot leave them to the care of market forces; we must establish some other institutions to safeguard them.
GEORGE SOROSOnce a trend is established it tends to persist and to run it’s full course.
GEORGE SOROSWell, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.
GEORGE SOROSThe sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.
GEORGE SOROSHedge funds are a very efficient way of managing money. But there are clearly some risks. Hedge funds use credit and credit is a source of instability. Transactions involving credit should be regulated.
GEORGE SOROSThe main difference between me and other people who have amassed this kind of money is that I am primarily interested in ideas, and I don’t have much personal use for money.
GEORGE SOROSTo be successful, you need leisure. You need time hanging heavily on your hands.
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