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" A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy. "

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" Increasingly, the Chinese will own a lot more of the world because they will be converting their dollar reserves and U.S. government bonds into real assets. "

" 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. "

" The reality is that financial markets are self-destabilizing; occasionally they tend toward disequilibrium, not equilibrium. "

" 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. "

" I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society. "

" Regulating and taxing marijuana would simultaneously save taxpayers billions of dollars in enforcement and incarceration costs, while providing many billions of dollars in revenue annually. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal substance in the United States and many other countries. But it did result in extensive costs and negative consequences. "

" If the terrorists have the sympathy of people, it's much harder to find them. So we need people on our side, and that leads us to be responsible leaders of the world, show some concern with the problems. "

" Market fundamentalists recognize that the role of the state in the economy is always disruptive, inefficient, and generally has negative connotations. This leads them to believe that the market mechanism can take care of all the problems. "

" Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention and I wouldn't under-estimate the value of that, but they're not designed to take care of social needs. "

" 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. "

" When it comes to social consequences, they've got all different people acting in different ways, very difficult to even have a proper criterion of success. So, it's a difficult task. "

" We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to protecting our national interests, we must take the leadership in protecting the common interests of humanity. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I would prefer not to be involved in party politics. "

" When I had made more money than I needed for myself and my family, I set up a foundation to promote the values and principles of a free and 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. But I can empower them. I can support them, and I can help them. "

" 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. "

" Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected. "