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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

As 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 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

Globalization has rendered the world increasingly interdependent, but international politics is still based on the sovereignty of states. — 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

At present, the developed countries condescend to the developing ones. — George Soros

Changeless society is characterized by the absense of alternatives. — 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

A lot of the evil in the world is actually not intentional. A lot of people in the financial system did a lot of damage without intending to. — 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

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. — George Soros

The scope for improvement is infinite, precisely because perfection is unattainable. — George Soros

Everything adds up to a major crisis. Humanity is faced with a global energy crisis ... The core of the crisis lies in the increasing shortage of oil. — 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

This crisis has the potential to be a lot worse than Lehman Brothers. — George Soros

Markets are imperfect. So you do need regulation, knowing that the regulators are also human. — George Soros

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

Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes. — George Soros

Studying economics is not a good preparation for dealing with it. — 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

American supremacy is the greatest threat to the world today. — George Soros

Discount the obvious, bet on the unexpected — George Soros

To be successful, you need leisure. You need time hanging heavily on your hands. — 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

My sense of insecurity keeps me alert, always ready to correct my errors. — 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

I wish I had the billions of dollars that George Soros has that he has used to fund Democratic causes in the past. — Karl Rove

If I had to sum up my practical skills, I would use one word: survival. And operating a hedge fund utilized my training in survival to the fullest. — George Soros

Mankind's ability to understand and control the forces of nature greatly exceeds our ability to govern ourselves — George Soros

There is always a divergence between our perception and what actually exists. — George Soros

There is no point in being confident and having a small position. — George Soros

If investing is entertaining, if you're having fun, you're probably not making any money. Good investing is boring. — George Soros

Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world. — George Soros

Destroying America will be the culmination of my life's work. — George Soros

In politics, manipulating reality can take presidence over finding reality. — George Soros

I fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes — 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

The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States. — George Soros

Some hedge fund managers have made big bucks trading oil futures - George Soros is one. — Gary Weiss

The concept of a general equilibrium has no relevance to the real world (in other words, classical economics is an exercise in futility). — George Soros

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

Once a trend is established it tends to persist and to run it's full course. — George Soros

The dark comes before dawn. The financial markets are under great pressure because of the lack of leadership during the transition period. — 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

Law has become a business. Health care has become a business. Unfortunately, politics has also become a business. That really undermines society. — George Soros

Unfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error. — George Soros

The assumption of perfect knowledge is very far from reality ... a lot of the evil in the world is actually not intentional. — George Soros

If the bubbles contain a misconception, as they always do, then it can't be maintained forever. — George Soros