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You could adjust the punishment to fit the infraction. Even a small fine would be enough to bring an errant government to heel.
— George Soros
My original intention was to spend the money in my lifetime.
— George Soros
I would prefer not to be involved in party politics.
— George Soros
The reality is that financial markets are self-destabilizing; occasionally they tend toward disequilibrium, not equilibrium.
— George Soros
The hardest thing to judge is what level of risk is safe.
— George Soros
Democracy, by its very nature, can't be imposed on people. Democracy has to be the people deciding for themselves.
— George Soros
President Bush is endangering our safety, hurting our vital interests, and undermining American values.
— George Soros
America needs to follow the policies it has introduced in Germany. We have to go through a certain de-Nazification process.
— George Soros
The laissez-faire argument relies on the same tacit appeal to perfection as does communism.
— George Soros
Every bubble has two components: something - some real trend, and a misconception about that trend.
— George Soros
Start by assuming the market is always wrong, so if you copy everybody else on Wall Street, you're doomed to do poorly.
— George Soros
Any central bank should only be in charge of liquidity. Solvency is a matter for the treasury.
— George Soros
I'm only rich because I know when I'm wrong.
— George Soros
I am for maximum supervision and minimum regulation.
— George Soros
The ultimate asset bubble is gold.
— George Soros
A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.
— George Soros
My approach works not by making valid predictions but by allowing me to correct false ones.
— George Soros
It is much easier to put existing resources to better use, than to develop resources where they do not exist.
— George Soros
The world order needs a major overhaul.
— George Soros
George Soros is one of the few characters from the world of finance who deserves to be called larger-than-life.
— Gary Weiss
It is credit that matters, not money (in other words, monetarism is a false ideology).
— George Soros
I commissioned two political experts to advise me about what I could do to oppose the re-election of President Bush.
— George Soros
The financial markets play an active role in determining what's going to happen, how the economy is going to function.
— George Soros
The worse a situation becomes the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger the upside.
— George Soros
Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.
— George Soros
If every rich person gave 50 percent of their wealth to charity, I would not say they should pay more taxes.
— George Soros
The bureaucratic method of building an integrated Europe has exhausted its potential.
— George Soros
Markets can influence the events that they anticipate.
— George Soros
I have made it a principle to give advice that does not serve my personal interest but rather the common interests.
— George Soros
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
Market prices are always wrong in the sense that they present a biased view of the future.
— George Soros
I'm not better than the next trader, just quicker at admitting my mistakes and moving on to the next opportunity.
— George Soros
Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics.
— George Soros
My main concern is with the world order
— George Soros
Increase your bets when you are confident and scale down your positions when you don't have conviction.
— George Soros
To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.
— George Soros
Markets are imperfect. So you do need regulation, knowing that the regulators are also human.
— George Soros
The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.
— George Soros
Market prices are always wrong.
— George Soros
Revolutions usually start with enthusiasm and end in tears.
— George Soros
The strength of this country lies in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of speech and thought.
— George Soros
When money is free, the rational lender will keep on lending until there is no one else to lend to.
— George Soros
The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I take the opposite position. I assume that markets are always wrong.
— George Soros
The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.
— George Soros
Unrestrained competition can drive people into actions that they would otherwise regret.
— George Soros
Discount the obvious, bet on the unexpected
— George Soros
What works for Germany can't work for the rest of Europe: No country can run a chronic surplus without others running deficits.
— George Soros
I admire Chancellor Merkel for her leadership qualities, but she is leading Europe in the wrong direction.
— George Soros
It's not whether you're right or wrong, but how much money you make when you're right and how much you lose when you're wrong.
— George Soros
The anti-resource curse initiative has stronger legs than most and that has made me very enthusiastic.
— George Soros
I think that my foundation uses the money better than the government does. In any event, I do pay taxes.
— George Soros
Find the trend whose premise is false, and bet against it.
— George Soros
Short term volatility is greatest at turning points and diminishes as a trend becomes established
— George Soros
The main obstacle to further progress on the resource curse is China, and to a lesser extent India.
— George Soros
Mankind's ability to understand and control the forces of nature greatly exceeds our ability to govern ourselves
— George Soros
If investing is entertaining, if you're having fun, you're probably not making any money. Good investing is boring.
— George Soros
Sometimes time actually works against you if you refuse to face the relevant issues and explain to the public what is at stake.
— George Soros
Of course, speculation will always make a crisis worse. If there is a weak point, it will expose it.
— George Soros
Some hedge fund managers have made big bucks trading oil futures - George Soros is one.
— Gary Weiss
I called gold the ultimate bubble, which means it may go higher. But it's certainly not safe and it's not going to last forever.
— George Soros
However, even a strong government can't perform miracles. It needs money from the taxpayers.
— George Soros
Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected.
— George Soros
I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society.
— George Soros
Most of the poverty and misery in the world is due to bad government, lack of democracy, weak states, internal strife, and so on.
— George Soros
The global crisis is caused by pathologies inherent in the global financial system itself.
— George Soros
Esperanto was a very useful language, because wherever you went, you found someone to speak with.
— George Soros
