The revolution which is about to break will be sterile if it is not complete.
ADAM WEISHAUPTWhen man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?.
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We may turn the public mind which way we will.
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None is fitter than the three lower degrees of Freemasonry
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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
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The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
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And it will fire them the more, and cause them to work for us with zeal, without knowing that they do so.
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Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
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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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But I have contrived an explanation which has every advantage; is inviting to christians of every communion; gradually frees them from all religious prejudices
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And they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.
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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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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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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
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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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It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done,
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