It will be an immense relief to their enslaved minds to be freed from any one bond of restraint
ADAM WEISHAUPTIn another situation, and in an active station in life,
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The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
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And then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
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For thus it is better secured from the oppression of the ruling powers, and because this secrecy gives a greater zest to the whole.
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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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Let it never appear in any place in its own name but always covered by another name and another occupation.
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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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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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Our secret association works in a way that nothing can withstand, and man shall soon be free and happy.
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The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch
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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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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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Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
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Give them hints of emancipation from the tyranny of public opinion, and of standing up for themselves;
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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None is fitter than the three lower degrees of Freemasonry
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