My original intention was to spend the money in my lifetime.

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

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.

My original intention was to spend the money in my lifetime.

There is very little difference between speculation and investment. The only difference is basically that investments are successful speculations because if you successfully anticipate the future you make a speculative profit.

The reality is that financial markets are self-destabilizing; occasionally they tend toward disequilibrium, not equilibrium.

There is a resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe. The policies of the Bush administration and the Sharon administration contribute to that. It's not specifically anti-Semitism, but it does manifest itself in anti-Semitism as well.