Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired our military power and undermined the morale of our armed forces. Our troops were trained to project overwhelming power. They were not trained for occupation duties.

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

Increase your bets when you are confident and scale down your positions when you don't have conviction.

The more comprehensive and convincing a debt reduction program is, the less likely it is to fail. And remember, just as Germany is grateful to America for the Marshall Plan, Italy would be grateful to Germany for helping it lower its refinancing costs.

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

The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.

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.