Even if I know I shall never change the masses, never transform anything permanent, all I ask is that the good things also have their place, their refuge.
Richard WagnerI regard the Jewish race as the born enemy of pure humanity and everything that is noble in it.
Richard WagnerBlessed be, the genius who never knew good fortune! Genius in itself already means so much; what meaning does luck still hold for him?
Richard WagnerThe whole duty of a conductor is comprised in his ability to indicate the right tempo.
Richard WagnerWhether government finances its added spending by increasing taxes, by borrowing, or by inflating the currency, the added spending will be offset by reduced private spending. Furthermore, private spending is generally more efficient than the government spending that would replace it because people act more carefully when they spend their own money than when they spend other people's money.
Richard Wagner