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

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.

If I had to sum up my practical skills, I would use one word: survival. And operating a hedge fund utilized my training in survival to the fullest.

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.

The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.

Revolutions usually start with enthusiasm and end in tears.

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.