George Soros

Merkel has realized that the euro is not working, but she cannot change the narrative she has created because that narrative has…

— George Soros

At times of recession, running a budget deficit is highly desirable. Once the economy begins to recover, you have to balance the…

— George Soros

Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention and…

— George Soros

We must not forget; but we must forgive. Suffering often such compassion from the Jewish community. It was Jewish groups in the…

— George Soros

I very often used to get backaches due to the fact that I was wrong. Whenever you are wrong you have to…

— George Soros

We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves…

— George Soros

Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the…

— George Soros

What works for Germany can't work for the rest of Europe: No country can run a chronic surplus without others running deficits.

— George Soros

If truth be known, I carried some rather potent messianic fantasies with me from childhood which I felt I had to control,…

— George Soros

Find the trend whose premise is false, and bet against it.

— George Soros

We [at Soros Fund Management] use options and more exotic derivatives sparingly. We try to catch new trends early and in later…

— George Soros

“On the abstract level, I have turned the belief in my own fallibility into the cornerstone of an elaborate philosophy. On a…

— George Soros

The main difference between me and other people who have amassed this kind of money is that I am primarily interested in…

— George Soros

By creating the European Central Bank, the member states exposed their own government bonds to the risk of default. Developed countries that…

— George Soros

Every bubble has two components: something - some real trend, and a misconception about that trend.

— George Soros

I see tremendous imbalance in the world. A very uneven playing field, which has gotten tilted very badly. I consider it unstable.…

— George Soros

Playing by the rules, one does the best he can, irrespective of the social consequences. Whereas in making the rules, people ought…

— George Soros

When you sell options, you get paid for assuming risk. That can be a profitable business, but it does not mix well…

— George Soros

It is sort of a disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable…

— George Soros

It is credit that matters, not money (in other words, monetarism is a false ideology).

— George Soros

The pro-Israel lobby has been remarkably successful in suppressing criticism. Politicians challenge it at their peril because of the lobby's ability to…

— George Soros

Of course, speculation will always make a crisis worse. If there is a weak point, it will expose it.

— George Soros

We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to protecting our national…

— George Soros

The collapse of the global marketplace would be a traumatic event with unimaginable consequences. Yet I find it easier to imagine than…

— George Soros

“It's more difficult, you know, to bring about positive change than it is to make money. It's much easier to make money,…

— George Soros