The strength of this country lies in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of speech and thought.

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

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.

American supremacy is the greatest threat to the world today.

We [at Soros Fund Management] use options and more exotic derivatives sparingly. We try to catch new trends early and in later stages we try to catch trend reversals. Therefore, we tend to stabilize rather than destabilize the market. We are not doing this as a public service. It is our style of making money.

The global crisis is caused by pathologies inherent in the global financial system itself.

There is a well-established conviction that the central banks always do what is necessary to keep the system going and then afterwards you then take care of the legal aspects. In a crisis, you simply do not have time to think about such concerns for too long.