The coming of the motion ...

The coming of the motion picture was as important as that of the printing press.
 William Randolph Hearst

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If you want to see the acceptable face of capitalism, go out to an oil rig in the North Sea.
 William Randolph Hearst
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
A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot.
 William Randolph Hearst
In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all.
 William Randolph Hearst