Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
ADAM WEISHAUPTAnd they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
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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 head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch
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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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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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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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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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Give them hints of emancipation from the tyranny of public opinion, and of standing up for themselves;
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And it will fire them the more, and cause them to work for us with zeal, without knowing that they do so.
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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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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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And then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
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We must win the common people in every corner.
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The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
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Of its origin, of its history, of its object, nor any explanation of its mysteries and symbols, which does not leave the mind in total uncertainty on all these points.
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