Quotes by George Soros

About George Soros:

George Soros is a Hungarian-born American business magnate, investor, author, and philanthropist. He is chairman of Soros Fund Management. He is known as “The Man Who Broke the Bank of England” because of his short sale of US$10 billion worth of pounds, making him a profit of $1 billion during the 1992 Black Wednesday UK currency crisis. Soros is one of the 30 richest people in the world.
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The main obstacle to further progress on the resource curse is China, and to a lesser extent India.

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The anti-resource curse initiative has stronger legs than most and that has made me very enthusiastic.

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My main concern is with the world order

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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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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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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 ad...

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

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

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

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Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics.

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A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

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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.

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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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Author Bio

  • NameGeorge Soros
  • DescriptionHungarian-American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
  • AliasesSchwartz György; Soros György
  • BornAugust 12, 1930
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBusiness Magnate; Investor; Philanthropist; Esperantist; Philosopher; Writer; Economist; Financier
  • AwardsAdam Smith Award; Freedom Award