"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." ― Ludwig van Beethoven Topic(s): Government More From Ludwig van Beethoven "Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life." "Only the pure in heart can make a good soup." "Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience." More In Government "In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself."― James Madison "I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone."― John Updike "Americans different in some maybe thoughts or emphasis still have the same ideas. They want a government that lets them be free, that leaves them alone, that doesn’t interrupt and interfere with every aspect of their life, that lets them go to work and keep more of what they’ve worked hard to have."― Mike Huckabee