An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of freedom in pursuing their interests compatible with the interests of others.

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

President George W. Bush is endangering the United States and the world's safety while undermining American values.

If we carry this line of argument to its logical conclusion, the meaning of life consists of the flaws in one's conceptions and what one does about them. Life can be seen as a fertile fallacy.

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.

Any central bank should only be in charge of liquidity. Solvency is a matter for the treasury.

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