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" 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
Obvious
Unexpected
Money
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Think
" 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. "
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Values
Family
" Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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I See
Same
See
" 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. "
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Society
World
Work
" 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. "
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People
Need
World
" 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. "
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Powerful
Organization
Defeat
" 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. "
George Soros
Crisis
Banking
You
" President Bush is endangering our safety, hurting our vital interests, and undermining American values. "
George Soros
Safety
Our
American
" The reality is that financial markets are self-destabilizing; occasionally they tend toward disequilibrium, not equilibrium. "
George Soros
Reality
Markets
Financial
" Unrestrained competition can drive people into actions that they would otherwise regret. "
George Soros
Drive
Regret
People
" 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. "
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Result
Consequences
Negative
" Law has become a business. Health care has become a business. Unfortunately, politics has also become a business. That really undermines society. "
George Soros
Health
Law
Politics
" 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. "
George Soros
Economy
Think
Social
" 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
Financial
Evil
World
" Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics. "
George Soros
False
Accusation
Now
" The worse a situation becomes the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger the upside. "
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Bigger
Turn
Worse
" 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. "
George Soros
Election
Winner
Matter
" A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy. "
George Soros
Fair
Essential
Democracy
" 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. "
George Soros
Consequences
Acting
Success
" 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. "
George Soros
Manifest
Anti-Semitism
Europe
" 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
Understanding
Mistakes
Realize
" I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society. "
George Soros
Freedom
Home
Value
" 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. "
George Soros
Look
Value
Take Care
" 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. "
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Power
Leadership
World
" 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. "
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Done
War
Military
" 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. "
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Own
Real
Will
" I would prefer not to be involved in party politics. "
George Soros
Involved
Would
Prefer
" 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. "
George Soros
Legal
Competitive
Trade