We see with what keenness and zeal the frivolous business of Freemasons is conducted, by persons knit together by the secrecy of their union.
ADAM WEISHAUPTThe great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason.
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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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In another situation, and in an active station in life,
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I found it here, in great vigour, more abounding than in any of the neighboring Protestant States.
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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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Let it never appear in any place in its own name but always covered by another name and another occupation.
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A Literary Society is the most proper form for the introduction of our Order into any state where we are yet strangers.
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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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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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We must endeavour to win him over, or decry him.
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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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The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch
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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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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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