Quotes from Rupert Murdoch

I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that on television. It's just not on.

The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.

ESPN is a very, very good operation, and it's a gold mine. It's an even bigger gold mine than Fox News.

No leader will fight for values, for principles, if their government is a value-free vacuum. Moral relativism is morally wrong.

The buck stops with me, but I can tick off dozens of very good senior executives that are responsible for hundreds or thousands of people who work for me.

You can't have a competitive, egalitarian meritocracy if only some of your citizens have the opportunity for a good education.

If the sea level rises 6 inches, that's a big deal... we can't mitigate that; we can't stop it. We've just got to stop building vast houses on seashores and go back a little bit.

We must have sweeping, generous immigration reform, make existing law- abiding Hispanics welcome. Most are hard working family people.

Our reputation is more important than the last hundred million dollars.

I've always been more interested in the content of our newspapers, political positions day to day, the thrill of communicating with people through words that I am in the pure business aspects.

As an immigrant, I chose to live in America because it is one of the freest and most vibrant nations in the world. And as an immigrant, I feel an obligation to speak up for immigration policies that will keep America the most economically robust, creative and freedom-loving nation in the world.

Now if you look at the London 'Times,' you'll find that with quite a number of the photographs, you touch them, and they turn into videos. I think newspapers come alive that way. We talk about 'papers.' We should cut out the word 'paper,' you know? It's 'news organizations.'

News - communicating news and ideas, I guess - is my passion. And giving people alternatives so that they have two papers to read (and) alternative television channels.

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.

Climate change and energy use are global problems - News Corp is a global company. Our operations affect the environment all over the world.

My father left me with a clear sense that the media was something different.

We've got to get rid of the fear of failure in this country. In America, people start things, fail and shake themselves down and start things again. The animal spirit of capitalism is stronger there.

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