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" A great deal of stupidity has chipped away at the massive advantages of Western civilization, which could terminally decline if it remains on the current path. But these problems can be solved - and swiftly - if the right leaders emerge. "

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" There is no more reason to believe that Bitcoin will stand the test of time than that governments will protect the value of government-created money, although Bitcoin is newer, and we always look at babies with hope. "

Paul Singer

Money

Value

Time

" Successful hedge funds will be entrepreneurial; it is the essence of the craft. "

" Margin is a customer concept. "

" I know people who are always freeriders and will never get into a fight. "

" If you want an alternative currency, check out gold. It has stood the test of thousands of years as a store of value and medium of exchange. "

" Imagine how much capital a country like Argentina might attract - if instead of defaulting seriatim and affecting a pose of anger toward creditors, it borrowed responsibly and honored its obligations. "

Paul Singer

Anger

How

" There is no safe haven in today's markets. "

" Resentment is not morally superior to earning money. "

" Creating a regulatory system that reflects the modern-day realities of financial markets is not as difficult as it may appear. "

" You have got to welcome and embrace complexity. "

" What you have in legacy countries is long-term insolvency. "

" While many of Mr. Obama's ideas warrant skepticism, conservative opposition to any expanded role for government is a mistake. "

" Securing for gays and lesbians the basic right to have their relationships and families recognized as part of a community makes all of our communities stronger. "

" Governments need to be authorized to provide 'open bank assistance.' The convolutions of Dodd-Frank aimed at 'avoiding' this tactic are ludicrous and will prove to be extremely costly to the system. "

" So many people, including stark conservatives, have family members and close friends who are gay. "

" The Congo is very wealthy from oil money but is not paying its debts and at the same time is applying for special status at the World Bank. That's shocking and disingenuous. "

" It's true that monetary policy was too lax for too long, and the government encouraged lending to people who were unlikely to repay their loans. "

" Given the typical fee structures of hedge funds, they need to do something different to make money in a consistent way. "

" It is a very bad idea for governments to create arbitrary and unfair outcomes, or outcomes resulting from the passions and whims of the government rather than from the law, just because they have the power to do so. "

" America is a place where the freedom to be who you are shouldn't be a barrier to your ability to get a job and provide for your family. "

" My concern as a citizen and as a money manager is, Oh my God, at what point does a 'whoa' moment happen to these people who own $30 trillion fixed income instruments? "

" In the workplace, employees should be judged on their merit and hard work and not on aspects that are irrelevant to their performance. "

" What I think about derivatives is if every institution that owns or trades them is properly margined and marked to market, including end-users, including every institution, including sovereigns and multilateral institutions, then the system would be safe - if people were margined the way customers of investment banks are margined. "

" I'm rarely optimistic. "

Paul Singer

Rarely

Optimistic

" It is impossible to understand the financial health of big financial institutions and their potential impact on the market. They don't even understand it themselves. "

" What would a loss of confidence in the dollar actually look like? Gold going absolutely nuts. "

Paul Singer

Nuts

Look

" Derivatives trading should be standardized and as much as possible moved to clearinghouses. "

" 'Inequality' has become the political theme/slogan of our time in both Europe and the U.S., yet political leaders do not even bother to consider that their own policies, which put the entire burden on central bankers to print money and drive up stock, bond and other asset prices, are actually exacerbating income and wealth disparity. "

" Obviously, the institution of marriage in America has utterly collapsed. "

" The starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living non-Japanese investor has seen in major markets. Equities, real estate, you name it, everyone got run over. "