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I think that my foundation uses the money better than the government does. In any event, I do pay taxes.

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George Soros
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 12
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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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I am not well qualified to criticize the theory of rational expectations and the efficient market hypothesis because as a market participant I considered them so unrealistic that I never bothered to study them.
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I admire Chancellor Merkel for her leadership qualities, but she is leading Europe in the wrong direction.
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I have made it a principle to give advice that does not serve my personal interest but rather the common interests.
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An open society calls itself open to improvement. It is based on the recognition that people have divergent views and interests, and that nobody is in possession of the ultimate truth.
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The world order needs a major overhaul.
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I am not a Zionist, nor am I am a practicing Jew, but I have a great deal of sympathy for my fellow Jews and a deep concern for the survival of Israel.
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The strength of this country lies in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of speech and thought.
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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 advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity.
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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 underestimate the value of that. But they're not designed to take care of social needs.
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If every rich person gave 50 percent of their wealth to charity, I would not say they should pay more taxes.
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When you sell options, you get paid for assuming risk. That can be a profitable business, but it does not mix well with the risks inherent in a leveraged portfolio.
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I fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes
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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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The worse a situation becomes the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger the upside.
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Globalization has rendered the world increasingly interdependent, but international politics is still based on the sovereignty of states.
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I contend that financial markets never reflect the underlying reality accurately they always distort it in some way or another and the distortions find expression in market prices. Those distortions can, occasionally, find ways to affect the fundamentals that market prices are supposed to reflect.
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Markets are imperfect. So you do need regulation, knowing that the regulators are also human.
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