From the beginning on, newspapers have prospered for one reason: giving readers the news that they want. – Rupert Murdoch
I feel that people I trusted – I don’t know who, on what level – have let me down, and I think they have behaved disgracefully, and it’s for them to pay. And I think, frankly, that I’m the best person to see it through. – Rupert Murdoch
We all know growth is absolutely vital to a free society. No one should want Australia to be a stag-nation: a nation with a stagnant economy and stagnant aspirations. – Rupert Murdoch
Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection of the narrow elite which controls it and has always thought that its tastes were synonymous with quality. – Rupert Murdoch
I was born in Australia and am proud of my Australian provenance, but I am now an American. Like so many naturalized citizens, I felt that I was an American before I formally became one. – Rupert Murdoch
I’m a permanently curious person. I probably waste my time being curious about things that have got nothing to do with the business sometimes. What keeps me alive, certainly, is curiosity. – Rupert Murdoch
Scarcely a day goes by without some claim that new technologies are fast writing newsprint’s obituary. – Rupert Murdoch
One thing I resent is the slur that I just support political candidates because of the business. – Rupert Murdoch
Somebody talked me into writing an autobiography about six or seven years ago. And I said I’d try. We talked into a tape recorder, and after a couple of months, I said, To hell with it. I was so depressed. It was like saying, ‘This is the end.’ I was more interested in what the hell was coming the next day or the next week. – Rupert Murdoch
Look, the whole world wants to modernize, and when you look to what they mean by modernizing, they mean Americanize. Would a modern Greek prefer to live in Orange County than Piraeus? Yes. Absolutely. – Rupert Murdoch
Journalists should think of themselves as outside the Establishment, and owners can’t be too worried about what they’re told at their country clubs. – Rupert Murdoch
If the head man in a company is not working 12 hours a day, doing things, taking risks, but also standing with his people in the trenches at the most difficult of times, then the company loses something. – Rupert Murdoch
I would like to be remembered, if I am remembered at all, as being a catalyst for change in the world, change for good. – Rupert Murdoch
I’m not a knee-jerk conservative. I passionately believe in free markets and less government, but not to the point of being a libertarian. – Rupert Murdoch
We’ve got to lift our game tremendously. We’ll sell our business news and information in print, we’ll sell it to anyone who’s got a cable system, and we’ll sell it on the Web. – Rupert Murdoch
At its core, a fair and just society is one where opportunity is open to all – not just those at the top. – Rupert Murdoch
I can go into restaurants and a whole table will get up and clap if they recognize me, because they love Fox News. Other places – or even the same place – people will turn the other way. – Rupert Murdoch
Satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels. – Rupert Murdoch
I think you have a danger of regulating, putting regulations in place which will mean there will be no press in 10 years to regulate. – Rupert Murdoch
In motivating people, you’ve got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example – and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved. – Rupert Murdoch
We certainly employ a lot of immigrants at Fox… and we do not take any consistent anti-immigrant line. – Rupert Murdoch
It’s a libel to say that I use my newspapers to support my other business interests. The fact is, I haven’t got any other business interests. – Rupert Murdoch
The cold, commercial word ‘market’ disguises its human character – a market is a collection of our aspirations, exertions, choices and desires. – Rupert Murdoch
I try to keep in touch with the details… I also look at the product daily. That doesn’t mean you interfere, but it’s important occasionally to show the ability to be involved. It shows you understand what’s happening. – Rupert Murdoch
