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To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic governments are subject to the will of the people. So, if the people will it, you can actually create international institutions through the democratic states.

George Soros

Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world.
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Concept Play Role View World
The hardest thing to judge is what level of risk is safe.
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Hard Judgement Level Life Risk
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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Difference Future Investment Profit Success Yourself
Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.
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Finding Interest Manipulation Politics Truth
Increase your bets when you are confident and scale down your positions when you don’t have conviction.
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Confidence Position Scale Yourself
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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Instability Management Money Regulation Risk Transaction Way
Stock market bubbles don’t grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.
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Concept Growth Market Reality Stock
To be successful, you need leisure. You need time hanging heavily on your hands.
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Hands heavy Need Success Time Yourself
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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Greatness Interest Member Open Possible Society
Start by assuming the market is always wrong, so if you copy everybody else on Wall Street, you’re doomed to do poorly.
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Assumption Poor Start Wrong Yourself
Market prices are always wrong.
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Market One Liner Price Wrong
If I had to sum up my practical skills, I would use one word: survival. And operating a hedge fund utilized my training in survival to the fullest.
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Myself Operation Practice Skills Survive Training Word
If 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.
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Care Democracy Establishment Freedom Guard Institution Safe Universe
I rely a great deal on animal instincts.
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Animal Greatness Myself
I’m not better than the next trader, just quicker at admitting my mistakes and moving on to the next opportunity.
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Better Mistake Move On Opportunity Quick Trade
Investors operate with limited funds and intelligence, they do not need to know everything. As long as they understand something better than others, they have an edge.
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Better Intelligence Investment Limitation Understand

To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic governments are subject to the will of the people. So, if the people will it, you can actually create international institutions through the democratic states.

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To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic governments are subject to the will of the people. So, if the people will it, you can actually create international institutions through the democratic states.

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