If we care about universal principles such as freedom, democracy and the rule of law, we cannot leave them to the care of market forces; we must establish some other institutions to safeguard them.
George SorosStock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.
George SorosIncrease your bets when you are confident and scale down your positions when you don't have conviction.
George SorosBy creating the European Central Bank, the member states exposed their own government bonds to the risk of default. Developed countries that issue bonds in their own currency never default, because they can always print money. Their currency may depreciate, but the risk of default is absent.
George Soros