William Randolph Hearst

The power of the press is the greatest power in the world.

It is the duty of a newspaper to be a mirror of the community.

I am not afraid of anything except the truth.

The public is always interested in a good fight.

I have always believed that the best way to get the public to read a newspaper is to give them what they want.

The American people are a great people, but they are easily misled.

The newspaper is the only business that can make money by giving away its product.

I am not interested in facts, I am interested in news.

The press is the only check on government.

The public wants to be entertained, and it is the duty of the newspaper to entertain them.

I have always believed that the best way to influence public opinion is to control the news.

All work and no play may make Jim a dull boy, but no work and all play makes Jim all kinds of a jackass.

News is what people don't want you to print. Everything else is ads.

Any issue, the front page of which failed to elicit a 'Gee whiz!' from its readers was a failure, whereas the second page ought to bring forth a 'Holy Moses!' and the third an astounded 'God Almighty!'

The public is not interested in facts, but in the sensation.

When you have to deal with a man who is a beast, you must be a beast yourself.

Our government is a government of the people, by the people, for the people, and it will be as good as the people make it.

I am a newspaper man, and I believe in newspapers.

You can always tell a good newspaper by its enemies.

The most important thing for a young man is to get money -- and a lot of it.