“As a composer, I believe that music has the power to inspire a renewal of human consciousness, culture, and politics. And yet I refuse to make political art. More often than not political art fails as politics, and all too often it fails as art. To reach its fullest power, to be most moving and most fully useful to us, art must be itself.” BelieveHumansArtMovingPoliticalCultureI BelieveConsciousnessFailingInspireRefuseComposerRenewalHuman ConsciousnessPolitical Art Author:John Luther Adams
“I believe that the only possible reason for our being here is to serve in some form or another but that the form is not always readily found or recognized. And I've noticed that those who refuse to serve often wind up as slaves.” BelieveReasonFormFoundI BelieveWindSlaveRefuse Author:Hildegard Knef
“I refuse the oration of all churches. I ask a prayer of all souls. I believe in God.” BelieveSoulGodReligionAsksI BelieveChurchPrayerRefuseI Believe InBelieve In GodI Believe In God Author:Victor Hugo
“I believe we should follow the text of every law, even (a) law I disagree with, it's one of the real differences -- if you look at President Obama and the lawlessness, if he disagrees with a law he simply refuses to follow it or claims the authority to unilaterally change.” IfsShouldBelieveLooksRealLawI BelievePresidentChangeDifferencesAuthorityClaimsRefuseDisagreePresident ObamaLawlessness Author:Ted Cruz