You can't build a strong corporation with a lot of committees and a board that has to be consulted every turn. You have to be able to make decisions on your own.

For better or for worse, our company (The News Corporation Ltd.) is a reflection of my thinking, my character, my values.

The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.

Successful workers will be those who embrace a lifetime of learning. Those who don't will be left behind.

I think everyone's against abortion.

I'm considered homophobic and crazy about these things and old fashioned. But I think that the family - father, mother, children - is fundamental to our civilisation.

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.