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.

America needs to follow the policies it has introduced in Germany. We have to go through a certain de-Nazification process.

I think it is natural that every country has to take care of its interests, but there are some interests that are common to all countries. There are some human interests, or we need also international cooperation. We've sometimes confused it with dictation.

The financial markets play an active role in determining what's going to happen, how the economy is going to function.

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

As an anonymous participant in financial markets, I never had to weigh the social consequences of my actions ... I felt justified in ignoring them on the grounds that I was playing by the rules.

Sometimes time actually works against you if you refuse to face the relevant issues and explain to the public what is at stake.