Our secret association works in a way that nothing can withstand, and man shall soon be free and happy.
ADAM WEISHAUPTFor thus it is better secured from the oppression of the ruling powers, and because this secrecy gives a greater zest to the whole.
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome.
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The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men.
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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In a state of liberty and moral equality, freed from the obstacles which subordination, rank, and riches, continually throw in our way.
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The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
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Salvation does not lie where strong thrones are defended by swords, where the smoke of censers ascend to heaven or where thousands of strong men pace the rich fields of harvest.
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Illuminate the opposition.
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The tenor of my life has been the opposite of everything that is vile, and no man can lay any such thing to my charge.
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This will be obtained chiefly by means of the schools, and by open, hearty behavior, show, condescension, popularity, and toleration of their prejudices, which we shall at leisure root out and dispel.
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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
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In another situation, and in an active station in life,
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It will be an immense relief to their enslaved minds to be freed from any one bond of restraint
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We must endeavour to win him over, or decry him.
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If every man were placed in the office for which he was fitted by nature and a proper education, which first suggested to me the plan of Illumination.
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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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