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The Chief

: The Life of William Randolph Hearst

David Nasaw's magnificent, definitive biography of William Randolph Hearst is based on newly released private and business papers and interviews. For the first time, documentation of Hearst's interactions with Hitler, Mussolini, Churchill, and every

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“We must not allow the Communists to get control of the machinery of government.”

— William Randolph Hearst, amazon.com

Tagged: Communism, American Politics

“The people of California do not have to try the smallpox in order to realize that they do not like it.”

— William Randolph Hearst, amazon.com

Tagged: Don't Ned To Try It To Know You Don't Like It

“It shows how faithful the American people are to the true spirit of Democracy and how safe American institutions are as long as the American Government is genuinely Democratic and rightfully mindful of the welfare of the plain people.”

— William Randolph Hearst, amazon.com

Tagged: Politics, American Democracy, Populism

“I do not write as a reactionary—good lord! I am not even a Conservative.”

— William Randolph Hearst, amazon.com

Tagged: Politics

“It is all very sad when you think of it, but as we have lived and seen many happy years, and had a great deal, we cannot kick it now.”

— Millicent Hearst, amazon.com

Tagged: The Party Must Go On