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" Crony capitalism is not capitalism - it is cronyism. "

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" 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. "

" The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow. "

" Advances in the technology of telecommunications have proved an unambiguous threat to totalitarian regimes everywhere. "

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

" From the beginning on, newspapers have prospered for one reason: giving readers the news that they want. "

" I don't mind what people say about me. I've never read a book about myself. "

" The UK desperately needs less government and freer markets. "

" My mother just died at 103, so that's a start. You should live 20 years longer than your parents. "

" We started Fox when everyone said it couldn't be done. "

" People begin to resent the rich only when they conclude that the system is rigged. "

" In a world as competitive as ours, the child who does not get a decent education is condemned to the fringes of society. I think all Australians agree that this is intolerable. So we must demand as much of our schools as we do of our sports teams - and ensure that they keep the Australian dream alive for every child. "

" No one's going to be able to operate without a grounding in the basic sciences. Language would be helpful, although English is becoming increasingly international. And travel. You have to have a global attitude. "

" 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. "

" When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got. "

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" 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. "

" My worry about the New York Times is that it's got the only position as a national elitist general-interest paper. So the network news picks up its cues from the Times. And local papers do too. It has a huge influence. And we'd love to challenge it. "

" I felt that it's best just to be as transparent as possible. "

" What's just about a generation of people who rack up government debt for their own health care and retirement - while leaving their children and grandchildren to foot the bill? "

" It's been a long career, and I've made some mistakes along the way. "

" You can't have a free democracy if you don't have a free media that can provide vital and independent information to the people. "

" At News Corporation, we have a history of challenging media orthodoxies. "

" I am amazed that CNN can't get its act together. "

" When I hear something going wrong, I insist on it being put right. "

" So long as I can stay mentally alert - inquiring, curious - I want to keep going. I love my wife and my children, but I don't want to sit around at home with them. We go on safaris and things like that. I can do that for a couple of weeks a year. I'm just not ready to stop, to die. "

" A lot of people are very happy to read their newspaper either on their iPad or - startlingly and faster and faster the figures go up - on their telephone, on their smart phone. "

" I'm not looking for a legacy, and you'll never shut up the critics. I've been around 50 years. When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got. "

" 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. "