The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States. [This idea] happens to coincide with the prevailing opinion in the world. And I think that's rather shocking for Americans to hear.

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

Short term volatility is greatest at turning points and diminishes as a trend becomes established

In politics, manipulating reality can take presidence over finding reality.

Unfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error.

The scope for improvement is infinite, precisely because perfection is unattainable.

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.