Capitalism is the best way of organizing economic activity for a lot of reasons. It unlocks a higher fraction of human potential, it balances supply and demand, it's more consistent with higher levels of freedom. But the way we're pursuing it now, focuses on such short-term horizons, that a lot of businesses and investors are tempted to look at investments in terms of what's gonna happen in the next 90 days, what's gonna happen in one year. But the old phrase, "Good things take time," is true of successful businesses as well.

Dysfunctional states like Afghanistan need business people who are deeply rooted in their country and invest in it. They can add stability. But all development programs of the United States and the European countries unfortunately exclude the private sector, which could make investments based on profitability.

I am confident that there are hedge funds, banks or investment companies that could allocate five percent of their portfolios for risky investments. In any event, for countries like Afghanistan the formation of an entrepreneurial class is of vital importance.

Our main task is to strengthen our position on the market through investment in the development of new services.

When it makes sense for my shareholders, when it makes sense for my customers, we're willing to put the investment in,

Neither one of us could be sure we'd get our money back on this investment, but we just wanted to have company of our own for once because we were best friends.

They've made an investment here in a special way, unique to any other place in the country.

It went from a terrific value investment to a terrific arbitrage.

Social Security is a family insurance program, not an investment scheme.

We think there is a value to these jobs, and it's a wise investment to look at a different rate structure for big industry.