Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
ADAM WEISHAUPTIt is necessary to gain the common people to our order. The best means to that end is influence in the schools.
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?.
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The revolution which is about to break will be sterile if it is not complete.
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By establishing reading societies, and subscription libraries, and taking these under our direction, and supplying them through our labors
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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 head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch
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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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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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The priest and the unlettered lord of his family, and Reason will be the code of laws to all mankind.
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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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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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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
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For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
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My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
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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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