The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
ADAM WEISHAUPTThe revolution which is about to break will be sterile if it is not complete.
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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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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G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason.
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Illuminate the opposition.
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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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And 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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In a state of liberty and moral equality, freed from the obstacles which subordination, rank, and riches, continually throw in our way.
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If a writer publishes any thing that attracts notice, and is in itself just, but does not accord with our plan
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It will be an immense relief to their enslaved minds to be freed from any one bond of restraint
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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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And then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
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This will be obtained chiefly by means of the schools, and by open, hearty behavior, show, condescension, popularity, and toleration of their prejudices, which we shall at leisure root out and dispel.
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And they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.
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