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.
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 SOROSWell, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.
GEORGE SOROSUnfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error.
GEORGE SOROSI chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society.
GEORGE SOROSMarkets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected.
GEORGE SOROSThere is no point in being confident and having a small position.
GEORGE SOROSAs 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.
GEORGE SOROSThe worse a situation becomes the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger the upside.
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 SOROSLaw has become a business. Health care has become a business. Unfortunately, politics has also become a business. That really undermines society.
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 SOROSThe financial markets play an active role in determining what’s going to happen, how the economy is going to function.
GEORGE SOROSThe prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I take the opposite position. I assume that markets are always wrong.
GEORGE SOROSMarkets can influence the events that they anticipate.
GEORGE SOROSDiscount the obvious, bet on the unexpected.
GEORGE SOROSOnce a trend is established it tends to persist and to run it’s full course.
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