Our secret association works in a way that nothing can withstand, and man shall soon be free and happy.
ADAM WEISHAUPTThe public is accustomed to it, expects little from it and therefore takes little notice of it.
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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The 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.
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In another situation, and in an active station in life,
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Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
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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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The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
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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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The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch
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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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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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Let it never appear in any place in its own name but always covered by another name and another occupation.
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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
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And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it.
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It will be an immense relief to their enslaved minds to be freed from any one bond of restraint
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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 tenor of my life has been the opposite of everything that is vile, and no man can lay any such thing to my charge.
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