But I have contrived an explanation which has every advantage; is inviting to christians of every communion; gradually frees them from all religious prejudices
ADAM WEISHAUPTSalvation 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.
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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Let it never appear in any place in its own name but always covered by another name and another occupation.
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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
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For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
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If a writer publishes any thing that attracts notice, and is in itself just, but does not accord with our plan
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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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My explanation is accurate and complete, my means are effectual, and irresistable.
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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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I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head.
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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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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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Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
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But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices
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The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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