Every man is entitled therefore, to give any explanation of the symbols and a system of the doctrine that he can render palatable.
ADAM WEISHAUPTThis 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.
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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We must endeavour to win him over, or decry him.
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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
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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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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence
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And then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
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And it will fire them the more, and cause them to work for us with zeal, without knowing that they do so.
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I found it here, in great vigour, more abounding than in any of the neighboring Protestant States.
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Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
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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 great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
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It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done,
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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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If every man were placed in the office for which he was fitted by nature and a proper education, which first suggested to me the plan of Illumination.
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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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