The revolution which is about to break will be sterile if it is not complete.
ADAM WEISHAUPTOf all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
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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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The public is accustomed to it, expects little from it and therefore takes little notice of it.
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Give them hints of emancipation from the tyranny of public opinion, and of standing up for themselves;
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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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We may turn the public mind which way we will.
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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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Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
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I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head.
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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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Illuminate the opposition.
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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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It is necessary to gain the common people to our order. The best means to that end is influence in the schools.
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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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