For thus it is better secured from the oppression of the ruling powers, and because this secrecy gives a greater zest to the whole.
ADAM WEISHAUPTBut I have contrived an explanation which has every advantage; is inviting to christians of every communion; gradually frees them from all religious prejudices
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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The revolution which is about to break will be sterile if it is not complete.
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None is fitter than the three lower degrees of Freemasonry
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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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The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men.
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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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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
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We see with what keenness and zeal the frivolous business of Freemasons is conducted, by persons knit together by the secrecy of their union.
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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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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Give them hints of emancipation from the tyranny of public opinion, and of standing up for themselves;
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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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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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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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