George Soros

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

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy. 

Regulating and taxing marijuana would simultaneously save taxpayers billions of dollars in enforcement and incarceration costs, while providing many billions of dollars in revenue annually. 

The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal substance in the United States and many other countries. But it did result in extensive costs and negative consequences. 

We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to protecting our national interests, we must take the leadership in protecting the common interests of humanity. 

Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws, so individual states must now take the initiative with respect to repealing marijuana prohibition laws. 

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

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

An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of freedom in pursuing their interests compatible with the interests of others. 

I think there's a lot of merit in an international economy and global markets, but they're not sufficient because markets don't look after social needs. 

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

I'm not doing my philanthropic work, out of any kind of guilt, or any need to create good public relations. I'm doing it because I can afford to do it, and I believe in it.