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.
GEORGE SOROSIt 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.
GEORGE SOROSRevolutions usually start with enthusiasm and end in tears.
GEORGE SOROSMy approach works not by making valid predictions but by allowing me to correct false ones.
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 SOROSThe reality is that financial markets are self-destabilizing; occasionally they tend toward disequilibrium, not equilibrium.
GEORGE SOROSThe main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.
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 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 SOROSUnfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error.
GEORGE SOROSIt’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.
GEORGE SOROSPolitical debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.
GEORGE SOROSTo 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 SOROSWell, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.
GEORGE SOROSInvestors 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.
GEORGE SOROSTo be successful, you need leisure. You need time hanging heavily on your hands.
GEORGE SOROSI fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes.
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