William Randolph Hearst quotes

William Randolph Hearst was an American newspaper publisher and business magnate who built the nation’s largest newspaper chain. His innovative approach to sensationalist journalism helped shape modern media and public opinion. He remains a controversial figure, associated with the rise of "yellow journalism" and a powerful influence in American politics. Here are 16 of his quotes:

A politician will do anything to keep his job-even become a patriot. (William Randolph Hearst)
Any man who has the brains to think and the nerve to act for the benefit of the people of the country is considered a radical by those who are content with stagnation and willing to endure disaster. View quote
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We hold that no person or set of persons can properly establish a standard of expression for others. View quote
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We hold that the greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong, that in the exercise thereof people have an inviolable right to express their unbridled thoughts on all topics and personalities, being liable only for the abuse of that right. View quote
William Randolph Hearst
When free discussion is denied, hardening of the arteries of democracy has set in, free institutions are but a lifeless form, and the death of the republic is at hand. View quote
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You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war. View quote
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According to American principle and practice the public is the ruler of the State, and in order to rule rightly it should be informed correctly. View quote
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What has become of the descendants of the irresponsible adventurers, the scapegrace sons, the bond servants, the redemptionists and the indentured maidens, the undesirables, and even the criminals, which made up-not all, of course, but nevertheless a considerable part of-the earliest emigrants to these virgin countries? They have become the leaders of the thought of the world, the vanguard in the march of progress, the inspirers of liberty, the creators of national prosperity, the sponsors of universal education and enlightenment. View quote
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Please realize that the first duty of newspaper men is the get the news and PRINT THE NEWS. View quote
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The NARROW-MINDED BIGOTS have given to this country and to the world freedom of speech, freedom of thought and action and religious liberty. View quote
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Whatever is right can be achieved through the irresistible power of awakened and informed public opinion. Our object, therefore, is not to enquire whether a thing can be done, but whether it ought to be done, to so exert the forces of publicity that public opinion will compel it be done. (William Randolph Hearst)
SEVENTH, the text of a newspaper must tell the news. The headlines must tell the news. The pictures must tell the news. The subheads and subtitles must tell the news. Please see that the newspapers perform this function. View quote
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Don't be afraid to make a mistake, your readers might like it. View quote
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Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting. View quote
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In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all. View quote
William Randolph Hearst
The greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong. View quote
William Randolph Hearst