I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head.
ADAM WEISHAUPTNone is fitter than the three lower degrees of Freemasonry
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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We see with what keenness and zeal the frivolous business of Freemasons is conducted, by persons knit together by the secrecy of their union.
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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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Let it never appear in any place in its own name but always covered by another name and another occupation.
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Of its origin, of its history, of its object, nor any explanation of its mysteries and symbols, which does not leave the mind in total uncertainty on all these points.
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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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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 human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men.
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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
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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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Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
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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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The public is accustomed to it, expects little from it and therefore takes little notice of it.
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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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Our secret association works in a way that nothing can withstand, and man shall soon be free and happy.
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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