I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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.
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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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The public is accustomed to it, expects little from it and therefore takes little notice of it.
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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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My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
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We must endeavour to win him over, or decry him.
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For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
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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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The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
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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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These should therefore be our chief study; we should insinuate ourselves into their good opinion
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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
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The priest and the unlettered lord of his family, and Reason will be the code of laws to all mankind.
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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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None is fitter than the three lower degrees of Freemasonry
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For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence
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