The collapse of the global marketplace would be a traumatic event with unimaginable consequences. Yet I find it easier to imagine than the continuation of the present regime.
GEORGE SOROSThe 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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The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.
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It is sort of a disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out.
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There is no point in being confident and having a small position.
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The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios… The idea that you can actually predict what’s going to happen contradicts my way of looking at the market.
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There is very little difference between speculation and investment. The only difference is basically that investments are successful speculations because if you successfully anticipate the future you make a speculative profit.
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If the bubbles contain a misconception, as they always do, then it can’t be maintained forever.
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If investing is entertaining, if you’re having fun, you’re probably not making any money. Good investing is boring.
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When interest rates are low we have conditions for asset bubbles to develop, and they are developing at the moment. The ultimate asset bubble is gold.
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Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.
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As I discovered, there is a great deal of similarity between a boom-bust process in the financial markets and the rise and fall of the Soviet system.
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My approach works not by making valid predictions but by allowing me to correct false ones.
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What works for Germany can’t work for the rest of Europe: No country can run a chronic surplus without others running deficits.
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Market prices are always wrong in the sense that they present a biased view of the future.
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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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