George Soros World Quotations

Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world.

A lot of the evil in the world is actually not intentional. A lot of people in the financial system did a lot of damage without intending to.

The world order needs a major overhaul.

My main concern is with the world order

We are trying to make the world a better place, but that is not necessarily what we accomplish. Many of the problems which preoccupy us are basically insoluble.

Globalization has rendered the world increasingly interdependent, but international politics is still based on the sovereignty of states.

American supremacy is the greatest threat to the world today.

If truth be known, I carried some rather potent messianic fantasies with me from childhood which I felt I had to control, otherwise I might end up in the loony bin. But when I made my way in the world I wanted to indulge myself in my fantasies to the extent that I could afford.

Most of the poverty and misery in the world is due to bad government, lack of democracy, weak states, internal strife, and so on.

The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.