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George Soros, Hon FBA (/ˈsɔːroʊs/, /ˈsɔːrɒs/; Hungarian: Soros György, pronounced [ˈʃoroʃ ˈɟørɟ]; born György Schwartz; August 12, 1930) is a Hungarian-American[a] investor, business magnate, philanthropist, political activist and author. Soros is one of the world's most successful investors. As of February 2018, Soros had a net worth of $8 billion, after donating $18 billion to his philanthropic agency, Open Society Foundations.

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Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.

Debate, Finding, Finding Out The Truth, Manipulating, Political

There is no doubt that the countries that now have a very large debt have not introduced the kind of structural reforms that Germany did and are therefore at a disadvantage. But the problem is that this disadvantage is becoming even more pronounced through the punitive policies in place.

Becoming, Country, Doubt, Introduced, Reform, Reforms

The laissez-faire argument relies on the same tacit appeal to perfection as does communism.

Appeal, Doe, Laissez Faire Capitalism, Perfection, Tacit

The world order needs a major overhaul.

Needs, Order, Overhaul, World

Whenever there is a conflict between universal principles and self-interest, self-interest is likely to prevail.

Self, Principles, Investing, Universal, Likely, Conflict

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.

Billions, Dollars, Enforcement, Marijuana, Providing, Regulating

I am against market fundamentalism. I think this propaganda that government involvement is always bad has been very successful - but also very harmful to our society.

Fundamentalism, Government, Harmful, Successful, Thinking

No individual anonymous participant can influence the prices and therefore you really can speculate in the market without paying attention to morality. That's one of the positive features of markets. That's why they function.

Attention, Individual, Influence, Morality, Paying

Playing by the rules, one does the best he can, irrespective of the social consequences. Whereas in making the rules, people ought to be concerned with the social consequences and not with their personal interests.

Concerned, Doe, People, Rules, Social

Any central bank should only be in charge of liquidity. Solvency is a matter for the treasury.

Bank, Central, Matter, Should, Solvency, Treasury

The pro-Israel lobby has been remarkably successful in suppressing criticism. Politicians challenge it at their peril because of the lobby's ability to influence political contributions.

Ability, Challenge, Influence, Israel, Political, Successful

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

Foundation, Government, Pay, Taxes, Thinking

The more comprehensive and convincing a debt reduction program is, the less likely it is to fail. And remember, just as Germany is grateful to America for the Marshall Plan, Italy would be grateful to Germany for helping it lower its refinancing costs.

America, Comprehensive, Germany, Grateful, Italy

It is better to have a cat and mouse game where the cat has the upper hand than a cat and mouse game where the mice are ruling. Because the latter means that the market participants are given free range. That was actually the big misconception of our national hero Ronald Reagan, who always talked about the magic of the market.

Cat, Given, Hero, Latter, Mean, Talked

I passionately disagreed with Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's plan to bail out the banks by using a public fund called the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to help banks take toxic assets off their balance sheets. I argued that it would be much better to put the money where the hole was and replenish the equity of the banks themselves.

Bail, Balance, Relief, Replenish, Sheets, Toxic

Markets are imperfect. So you do need regulation, knowing that the regulators are also human.

Human, Imperfect, Knowing, Needs, Regulation

The world is looking to us for leadership. We have provided it in the past; the main reason why anti-American feelings are so strong in the world today is that we are not providing it in the present.

Feelings, Past, Reason, Strong, World

A global economy is characterized not only by the free movement of goods and services but, more important, by the free movement of ideas and of capital.

Goods, Ideas, Important, Investing, Services

We in the United States are very often - since we are a democracy and we have national interests, we've often made the mistake that a democracy has to adopt America's interests, and that is a contradiction because a democracy basically is people deciding what their interests are.

America, Contradiction, Deciding, Democracies Have, Mistake, United

Outperforming the market with low volatility on a consistent basis is an impossibility. I outperformed the market for 30-odd years, but not with low volatility.

Consistent, Impossibility, Management, Outperformed, Risk, Years

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