Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention and I wouldn't under-estimate the value of that, but they're not designed to take care of social needs.

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I give away something up to $500 million a year throughout the world promoting Open...

I give away something up to $500 million a year throughout the world promoting Open...

Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear...

Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear...

The people currently in charge have forgotten the first principle of an open society, namely...

The people currently in charge have forgotten the first principle of an open society, namely...

The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal...

The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal...

Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their...

Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their...

I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and...

I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and...

Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations...

Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations...

Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in...

Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in...

Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired...

Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired...

Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.

Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.

We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization, can...

We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization, can...

I'm not doing my philanthropic work, out of any kind of guilt, or any need...

I'm not doing my philanthropic work, out of any kind of guilt, or any need...

An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of...

An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of...

Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in...

Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in...

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

If the terrorists have the sympathy of people, it's much harder to find them. So...

If the terrorists have the sympathy of people, it's much harder to find them. So...

I think there's a lot of merit in an international economy and global markets, but...

I think there's a lot of merit in an international economy and global markets, but...

President Bush is endangering our safety, hurting our vital interests, and undermining American values.

President Bush is endangering our safety, hurting our vital interests, and undermining American values.

The worse a situation becomes the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger...

The worse a situation becomes the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger...

There is a resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe. The policies of the Bush administration and...

There is a resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe. The policies of the Bush administration and...