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The worse a situation becomes ...

The worse a situation becomes the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger the upside.

George Soros 207 quotes

Stock market bubbles don't gro...

Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.

George Soros 207 quotes

I give away something up to $5...

I give away something up to $500 million a year throughout the world promoting Open Society. My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. It's their work that I'm supporting. So it's not me doing it.

George Soros 207 quotes

The financial markets generall...

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.

George Soros 207 quotes

I think there's a lot of merit...

I think there's a lot of merit in an international economy and global markets, but they're not sufficient because markets don't look after social needs.

George Soros 207 quotes

Who most benefits from keeping...

Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade - and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity.

George Soros 207 quotes

Bush's war in Iraq has done un...

Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired our military power and undermined the morale of our armed forces. Our troops were trained to project overwhelming power. They were not trained for occupation duties.

George Soros 207 quotes

Proposition 19 already is a wi...

Proposition 19 already is a winner no matter what happens on election day. The mere fact of its being on the ballot has elevated and legitimized public discourse about marijuana and marijuana policy in ways I could not have imagined a year ago.

George Soros 207 quotes

President Bush is endangering ...

President Bush is endangering our safety, hurting our vital interests, and undermining American values.

George Soros 207 quotes

The people currently in charge...

The people currently in charge have forgotten the first principle of an open society, namely that we may be wrong and that there has to be free discussion. That it's possible to be opposed to the policies without being unpatriotic.

George Soros 207 quotes

There is a resurgence of anti-...

There is a resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe. The policies of the Bush administration and the Sharon administration contribute to that. It's not specifically anti-Semitism, but it does manifest itself in anti-Semitism as well.

George Soros 207 quotes

To my mind, there is a solutio...

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 207 quotes

I put forward a pretty general...

I put forward a pretty general theory that financial markets are intrinsically unstable. That we really have a false picture when we think about markets tending towards equilibrium.

George Soros 207 quotes

Well, you know, I was a human ...

Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.

George Soros 207 quotes

I'm not doing my philanthropic...

I'm not doing my philanthropic work, out of any kind of guilt, or any need to create good public relations. I'm doing it because I can afford to do it, and I believe in it.

George Soros 207 quotes

I'm only rich because I know w...

I'm only rich because I know when I'm wrong...I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.

George Soros 207 quotes

I very often used to get backa...

I very often used to get backaches due to the fact that I was wrong. Whenever you are wrong you have to fight or [take] flight. When [I] make the decision, the backache goes away.

George Soros 207 quotes

When money is free, the ration...

When money is free, the rational lender will keep on lending until there is no one else to lend to.

George Soros 207 quotes

We are the most powerful natio...

We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire.

George Soros 207 quotes

Whenever there is a conflict b...

Whenever there is a conflict between universal principles and self-interest, self-interest is likely to prevail.

George Soros 207 quotes

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