Our secret association works in a way that nothing can withstand, and man shall soon be free and happy.
ADAM WEISHAUPTLet this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
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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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This will be obtained chiefly by means of the schools, and by open, hearty behavior, show, condescension, popularity, and toleration of their prejudices, which we shall at leisure root out and dispel.
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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 hankering of the mind is irresistible.
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It will be an immense relief to their enslaved minds to be freed from any one bond of restraint
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These should therefore be our chief study; we should insinuate ourselves into their good opinion
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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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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 human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men.
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Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
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By establishing reading societies, and subscription libraries, and taking these under our direction, and supplying them through our labors
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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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I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome.
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For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
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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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