Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.

Quote by George Soros

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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...

When it comes to social consequences, they've got all different people acting in different ways,...

When it comes to social consequences, they've got all different people acting in different ways,...

Regulating and taxing marijuana would simultaneously save taxpayers billions of dollars in enforcement and incarceration...

Regulating and taxing marijuana would simultaneously save taxpayers billions of dollars in enforcement and incarceration...

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...

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...

The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios... The...

The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios... The...

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

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...

My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. It's their...

My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. It's their...

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...

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...

Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is make by...

Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is make by...

When I had made more money than I needed for myself and my family, I...

When I had made more money than I needed for myself and my family, I...

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...

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...

To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic...

To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic...

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.

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...

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...