And it will fire them the more, and cause them to work for us with zeal, without knowing that they do so.
ADAM WEISHAUPTAnd 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.
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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The revolution which is about to break will be sterile if it is not complete.
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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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This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason which will dispell the clouds of superstition and of prejudice.
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I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome.
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And then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
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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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The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
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These should therefore be our chief study; we should insinuate ourselves into their good opinion
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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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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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We must endeavour to win him over, or decry him.
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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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