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.
ADAM WEISHAUPTMy explanation is accurate and complete, my means are effectual, and irresistable.
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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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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Every man is entitled therefore, to give any explanation of the symbols and a system of the doctrine that he can render palatable.
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It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done,
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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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The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch
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My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
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Illuminate the opposition.
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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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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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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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For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence
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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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We may turn the public mind which way we will.
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In another situation, and in an active station in life,
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