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William Randolph Hearst
11 quotes
“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.”
William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951) first seen 1924 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Platform, Independent League; N.Y. Journal (1 February 1924)
“We hold that no person or set of persons can properly establish a standard of expression for others.”
William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951) first seen 1924 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Platform, Independent League; N.Y. Journal (1 February 1924)
“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.”
William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951) first seen 1929 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Communication to the American Crime Study Commission (19 May 1929)
“The NARROW-MINDED BIGOTS have given to this country and to the world freedom of speech, freedom of thought and action and religious liberty.”
William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951) first seen 1929 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Communication to the American Crime Study Commission (19 May 1929)
“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.”
William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951) first seen 1932 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview, Cleveland Plain Dealer (24 October 1932)
“A politician will do anything to keep his job-even become a patriot.”
William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951) first seen 1933 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Editorial (28 August 1933)
“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.”
William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951) first seen 1938 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Instructions to E.D. Coblentz (1 March 1938)
“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.”
William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951) first seen 1941 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In the News" (13 June 1941)
“Please realize that the first duty of newspaper men is the get the news and PRINT THE NEWS.”
William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951) first seen 1944 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Editor & Publisher (12 August 1944)
“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 (1863–1951) first seen 1946 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Advertisement, N.Y. Herald Tribune (19 August 1946)
“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.”
William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951) said by 1951 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: N.Y. Journal-American (11 November 1954)