PAUL SINGER

Individual liberty, the basic underpinning of American society, requires constant defense against the encroachment of the state.

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.

There's a feeling among some people that the Republican party is harsh on some things.

You have got to welcome and embrace complexity.

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.

Opacity on extreme levels is not addressed anywhere, including Dodd-Frank.

I'm rarely optimistic.

'What am I missing?' is a much more important question than 'How cool am I?'

Derivatives trading should be standardized and as much as possible moved to clearinghouses.

There is no safe haven in today's markets.

There is no more reason to believe that Bitcoin will stand the test of time than that governments will protect the value of government-created money, although Bitcoin is newer, and we always look at babies with hope.

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.

The world, in terms of choices available to educated, ambitious workers and entrepreneurs, is way bigger than just the United States, Japan and Europe.

In the workplace, employees should be judged on their merit and hard work and not on aspects that are irrelevant to their performance.

The bottom line is that the euro is a failed experiment.

In both the U.S. and Europe, the budget and balance sheet numbers do not work. When 'off-balance sheet' promises are taken into account, the U.S. and most countries of the Euro zone are insolvent.

It is a very bad idea for governments to create arbitrary and unfair outcomes, or outcomes resulting from the passions and whims of the government rather than from the law, just because they have the power to do so.

I've never let my guard down by saying, 'I don't need to be hedged.'

What would a loss of confidence in the dollar actually look like? Gold going absolutely nuts.

While many of Mr. Obama's ideas warrant skepticism, conservative opposition to any expanded role for government is a mistake.

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.

It's true that monetary policy was too lax for too long, and the government encouraged lending to people who were unlikely to repay their loans.

Governments need to be authorized to provide 'open bank assistance.' The convolutions of Dodd-Frank aimed at 'avoiding' this tactic are ludicrous and will prove to be extremely costly to the system.

So many people, including stark conservatives, have family members and close friends who are gay.

Today, even small entities that trade complex instruments or are granted sufficient leverage can threaten the global financial system.