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GEORGE SOROSThe main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States. [This idea] happens to coincide with the prevailing opinion in the world. And I think that’s rather shocking for Americans to hear.
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The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.
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Unfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error.
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The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States. [This idea] happens to coincide with the prevailing opinion in the world. And I think that’s rather shocking for Americans to hear.
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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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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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When money is free, the rational lender will keep on lending until there is no one else to lend to.
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My sense of insecurity keeps me alert, always ready to correct my errors.
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I am not well qualified to criticize the theory of rational expectations and the efficient market hypothesis because as a market participant I considered them so unrealistic that I never bothered to study them.
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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 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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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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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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Making an investment decision is like formulating a scientific hypothesis and submitting it to a practical test.
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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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Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.
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The global crisis is caused by pathologies inherent in the global financial system itself.
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American supremacy is the greatest threat to the world today.
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No individual anonymous participant can influence the prices and therefore you really can speculate in the market without paying attention to morality. That’s one of the positive features of markets. That’s why they function.
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Law has become a business. Health care has become a business. Unfortunately, politics has also become a business. That really undermines society.
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Revolutions usually start with enthusiasm and end in tears.
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If we carry this line of argument to its logical conclusion, the meaning of life consists of the flaws in one’s conceptions and what one does about them. Life can be seen as a fertile fallacy.
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My conceptual framework, which basically emphasizes the importance of misconceptions, makes me extremely critical of my own decisions. I know that I am bound to be wrong, and therefore am more likely to correct my own mistakes.
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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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The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.
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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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