As a society we can't live without moral considerations. We do have to protect the public good. And markets are not designed to do that, so we need a political process. George Soros More Quotes by George Soros More Quotes From George Soros I commissioned two political experts to advise me about what I could do to oppose the re-election of President Bush. George Soros political president two If the choice is between cooking alive and wasting money unnecessarily I would rather waste some money, because long before we cook we are going to kill each other if we don't deal with climate change. George Soros cooking choices long It is credit that matters, not money (in other words, monetarism is a false ideology). George Soros investing credit matter The bureaucratic method of building an integrated Europe has exhausted its potential. George Soros exhausted building europe My original intention was to spend the money in my lifetime. George Soros intention originals lifetime If every rich person gave 50 percent of their wealth to charity, I would not say they should pay more taxes. George Soros wealth charity pay I have made it a principle to give advice that does not serve my personal interest but rather the common interests. George Soros principles advice giving America felt victorious and generous after World War II. They had also learned from the mistakes after World War I when they imposed punishment on Germany. What became of Germany? A Nazi dictatorship which threatened the world. Today's Germany doesn't feel as prosperous and generous as America then. But actually, Germany still is very prosperous. George Soros punishment mistake war It is better to have a cat and mouse game where the cat has the upper hand than a cat and mouse game where the mice are ruling. Because the latter means that the market participants are given free range. That was actually the big misconception of our national hero Ronald Reagan, who always talked about the magic of the market. George Soros cat hero mean The US needs a cap and trade system with auctioning of licenses for emissions rights. The revenues from these auctions can be used to launch a new, environmentally friendly energy policy. That would be yet another federal program that could help us to overcome the stagnation. George Soros rights overcoming friendly Merkel has realized that the euro is not working, but she cannot change the narrative she has created because that narrative has caught the imagination of the German public, and the German public has accepted it. George Soros accepted narrative imagination I am for maximum supervision and minimum regulation. George Soros supervision investing regulation President George W. Bush is endangering the United States and the world's safety while undermining American values. George Soros safety president hurt Germans tend to forget now that the euro was largely a Franco-German creation. No country has benefited more from the euro than Germany, both politically and economically. Therefore what has happened as a result of the introduction of the euro is largely Germany's its responsibility. George Soros germany responsibility country Any central bank should only be in charge of liquidity. Solvency is a matter for the treasury. George Soros treasury should matter There is a well-established conviction that the central banks always do what is necessary to keep the system going and then afterwards you then take care of the legal aspects. In a crisis, you simply do not have time to think about such concerns for too long. George Soros care long thinking My main concern is with the world order George Soros concern order world I’m opposed to the extreme left, it should stop trying to keep up with the extremists on the right. George Soros latest-headlines He made one phone call thanking me for my support, which was meant to last for five minutes, and I engaged him, and he had to spend another three minutes with me, so I dragged it out to eight minutes. George Soros politics She was using #MeToo to promote herself. George Soros politics