The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.
GEORGE SOROSAmerica needs to follow the policies it has introduced in Germany. We have to go through a certain de-Nazification process.
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The 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.
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I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society.
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The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I take the opposite position. I assume that markets are always wrong.
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An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of freedom in pursuing their interests compatible with the interests of others.
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The trouble with institutional investors is that their performance is usually measured relative to their peer group and not by an absolute yardstick. This makes them trend followers by definition.
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Discount the obvious, bet on the unexpected.
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To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.
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My main concern is with the world order.
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The reality is that financial markets are self-destabilizing; occasionally they tend toward disequilibrium, not equilibrium.
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Hedge 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.
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Market prices are always wrong.
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The hardest thing to judge is what level of risk is safe.
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The strength of this country lies in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of speech and thought.
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My approach works not by making valid predictions but by allowing me to correct false ones.
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It’s not whether you’re right or wrong that’s important, but how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong.
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