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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
The worse a situation becomes the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger the upside.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Additional
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics.
- Bush Administration
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Economy
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Criterion
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Discussion
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- Nov 07, 2020
A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- President
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- Nov 07, 2020
President Bush is endangering our safety, hurting our vital interests, and undermining American values.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Extensive
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Costs
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- Nov 07, 2020
Regulating and taxing marijuana would simultaneously save taxpayers billions of dollars in enforcement and incarceration costs, while providing many billions of dollars in revenue annually.
- Competitive Advantage
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Forward
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- Nov 07, 2020
I put forward a pretty general theory that financial markets are intrinsically unstable. That we really have a false picture when we think about markets tending towards equilibrium.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
Law has become a business. Health care has become a business. Unfortunately, politics has also become a business. That really undermines society.
- Same
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unrestrained competition can drive people into actions that they would otherwise regret.
- Financial
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would prefer not to be involved in party politics.
- Financial Markets
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- Nov 07, 2020