The priest and the unlettered lord of his family, and Reason will be the code of laws to all mankind.
ADAM WEISHAUPTThe priest and the unlettered lord of his family, and Reason will be the code of laws to all mankind.
ADAM WEISHAUPTOf all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
ADAM WEISHAUPTThe human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men.
ADAM WEISHAUPTWhen man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
ADAM WEISHAUPTLet this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
ADAM WEISHAUPTOf its origin, of its history, of its object, nor any explanation of its mysteries and symbols, which does not leave the mind in total uncertainty on all these points.
ADAM WEISHAUPTAnd then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
ADAM WEISHAUPTThe head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch
ADAM WEISHAUPTFor they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
ADAM WEISHAUPTSalvation 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.
ADAM WEISHAUPTBy establishing reading societies, and subscription libraries, and taking these under our direction, and supplying them through our labors
ADAM WEISHAUPTThe 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.
ADAM WEISHAUPTAnd it will fire them the more, and cause them to work for us with zeal, without knowing that they do so.
ADAM WEISHAUPTOur secret association works in a way that nothing can withstand, and man shall soon be free and happy.
ADAM WEISHAUPTI am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
ADAM WEISHAUPTFor the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence
ADAM WEISHAUPT