Paul Singer

In government, the forces of risk-aversion and constant conflict serve to stultify and narrow the range of ideas up for debate.

America is a place where the freedom to be who you are shouldn't be a barrier to your ability to get a job and provide for your family.

Securing for gays and lesbians the basic right to have their relationships and families recognized as part of a community makes all of our communities stronger.

Inequality' has become the political theme/slogan of our time in both Europe and the U.S., yet political leaders do not even bother to consider that their own policies, which put the entire burden on central bankers to print money and drive up stock, bond and other asset prices, are actually exacerbating income and wealth disparity.

It is impossible to understand the financial health of big financial institutions and their potential impact on the market. They don't even understand it themselves.

Imagine how much capital a country like Argentina might attract - if instead of defaulting seriatim and affecting a pose of anger toward creditors, it borrowed responsibly and honored its obligations.

Capital is kind of a banking concept.

Resentment is not morally superior to earning money.

Given the typical fee structures of hedge funds, they need to do something different to make money in a consistent way.

Successful hedge funds will be entrepreneurial; it is the essence of the craft.

If you want an alternative currency, check out gold. It has stood the test of thousands of years as a store of value and medium of exchange.

The starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living non-Japanese investor has seen in major markets. Equities, real estate, you name it, everyone got run over.