But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices
ADAM WEISHAUPTOf all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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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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Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
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I found it here, in great vigour, more abounding than in any of the neighboring Protestant States.
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G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason.
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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence
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It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done,
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Our secret association works in a way that nothing can withstand, and man shall soon be free and happy.
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The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch
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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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My explanation is accurate and complete, my means are effectual, and irresistable.
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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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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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In a state of liberty and moral equality, freed from the obstacles which subordination, rank, and riches, continually throw in our way.
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We see with what keenness and zeal the frivolous business of Freemasons is conducted, by persons knit together by the secrecy of their union.
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