– Rupert Murdoch (1931) is an Australian publisher who is the founder, major shareholder, chairman and managing director “News Corporation.” He has owned “Star,” “London Times,” and “Fox Television Network.” (more…)

– Frank Norris (1870-1902) was an influential, muckraker, US novelist, famous for his books, The Octopus (1901) and The Pit (1903).

Quote: “I never truckled; I never took off the hat to Fashion and held it out for pennies. By God, I told them the truth.”

– W. H. Beveridge (1879-1963) is an English economist who wrote the Beveridge Report, 1942, which grew to be the foundation for British welfare legislation.

Quote: “The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone.”

– Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) was a Polish-German socialist, writer. She was influential in founding the Polish Social Democratic Party as well as the Spartacus party.

Quote: “Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.”