Roger Ailes Quotes

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• I want to elect the next president.
• Most of the media bullshit you about who they are. We don’t. We’re not programming to conservatives, we’re just not eliminating their point of view.
• Everybody who's in the news business today was influenced in a positive way by Walter Cronkite. He had ability, humility and integrity, a rare combination.
• Every other network has given all their shows to liberals. We are the balance.
• I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot and got ratings.
• CNN International, Al-Jazeera and BBC are the same in how they report mostly that America is wrong and bad.
• You never pull the trigger until you know you can win.
• I don't have any focus groups on talent and programming. If I need five people in a mall to be paid $40 to tell me…
• Truth is whatever people will believe.
• I have a soft spot for Joe Biden. I like him. But he’s dumb as an ashtray.
• Does Rupert like me? I think so, but it doesn't matter. When I go up to the magic room in the sky every three months,…
• I only understand friendship or scorched earth.
• I quit politics because I hated it.
• The candidates that can’t face Fox, can’t face al Qaeda.
• I can't stand cruel people. And if I see people doing something mean to somebody else just to make themselves feel important, it really gets…
• My doctor told me that I'm old, fat, and ugly, but none of those things is going to kill me immediately.
• Television and I grew up together.
• There is a - deep down, underneath all the work I do, I think there's a laziness in me.
• Everybody fears the unknown. But I have a strong feeling there's something bigger than us. I don't think all this exists because some rocks happened…
• Obama's the one who never worked a day in his life. He never earned a penny that wasn't public money. How many fund-raisers does he…

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