There is no way of influencing men so powerfully as by means of the women.
ADAM WEISHAUPTMy general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
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Cultivates the social virtues; and animates them by a great, a feasable, a speedy prospect of universal happiness,
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The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
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For thus it is better secured from the oppression of the ruling powers, and because this secrecy gives a greater zest to the whole.
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Every man is entitled therefore, to give any explanation of the symbols and a system of the doctrine that he can render palatable.
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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The revolution which is about to break will be sterile if it is not complete.
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The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch
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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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The most wonderful thing of all is that the distinguished Lutheran and Calvinist theologians who belong to our order really believe that they see in it (Illuminati) the true and genuine sense of Christian Religion.
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And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it.
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My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
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Give them hints of emancipation from the tyranny of public opinion, and of standing up for themselves;
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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
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By establishing reading societies, and subscription libraries, and taking these under our direction, and supplying them through our labors
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