Most of the poverty and misery in the world is due to bad government, lack of democracy, weak states, internal strife, and so on.

Mankind's ability to understand and control the forces of nature greatly exceeds our ability to govern ourselves

Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.

My sense of insecurity keeps me alert, always ready to correct my errors.

The main difference between me and other people who have amassed this kind of money is that I am primarily interested in ideas, and I don't have much personal use for money.

When I had made more money than I needed for myself and my family, I set up a foundation to promote the values and principles of a free and open society.

Democracy, by its very nature, can't be imposed on people. Democracy has to be the people deciding for themselves.