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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Unrestrained competition can drive people into actions that they would otherwise regret. "

" 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. "

" 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'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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Throughout the 19th century, when there was a laissez-faire mentality and insufficient regulation, you had one crisis after another. Each crisis brought about some reform. That is how central banking developed. "

" Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws, so individual states must now take the initiative with respect to repealing marijuana prohibition laws. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 see tremendous imbalance in the world. A very uneven playing field, which has gotten tilted very badly. I consider it unstable. At the same time, I don't exactly see what is going to reverse it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "