I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
ADAM WEISHAUPTThe human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men.
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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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The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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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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Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
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I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome.
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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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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?.
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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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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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G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason.
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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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Cultivates the social virtues; and animates them by a great, a feasable, a speedy prospect of universal happiness,
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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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