"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." ― Ludwig van Beethoven Topic(s): Government More From Ludwig van Beethoven "Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for mankind and makes them spiritually drunken." "Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend." "Off with you! You’re a happy fellow, for you’ll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!" More In Government "A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it."― Alexis de Tocqueville "The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries."― John Adams "I have long said there are three distinct groups under the GOP’s tent: theological warriors, who want to impose their social views on the rest of society; Tea Party zealots, who say with a straight face that they want the government to get out of their Medicare; and remnants of the pro-business moderates."― Eliot Spitzer