The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
ADAM WEISHAUPTGive them hints of emancipation from the tyranny of public opinion, and of standing up for themselves;
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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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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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But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices
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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?.
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Illuminate the opposition.
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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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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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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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We may turn the public mind which way we will.
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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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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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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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By establishing reading societies, and subscription libraries, and taking these under our direction, and supplying them through our labors
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