None is fitter than the three lower degrees of Freemasonry
ADAM WEISHAUPTOf all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome.
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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 public is accustomed to it, expects little from it and therefore takes little notice of it.
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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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We must endeavour to win him over, or decry him.
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We must win the common people in every corner.
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These should therefore be our chief study; we should insinuate ourselves into their good opinion
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It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done,
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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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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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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The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch
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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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For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence
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