Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
ADAM WEISHAUPTWho would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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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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We may turn the public mind which way we will.
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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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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
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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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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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The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch
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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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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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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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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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In a state of liberty and moral equality, freed from the obstacles which subordination, rank, and riches, continually throw in our way.
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Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
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And then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
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It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done,
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