And then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
ADAM WEISHAUPTEvery man is entitled therefore, to give any explanation of the symbols and a system of the doctrine that he can render palatable.
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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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 revolution which is about to break will be sterile if it is not complete.
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These should therefore be our chief study; we should insinuate ourselves into their good opinion
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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
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It is necessary to gain the common people to our order. The best means to that end is influence in the schools.
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We must endeavour to win him over, or decry him.
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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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I declare and I challenge all mankind to contradict my declaration, that no man can give any account of the order of Freemasonry
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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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Illuminate the opposition.
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My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
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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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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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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
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For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
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