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.
ADAM WEISHAUPTI am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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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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 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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And they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.
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We must win the common people in every corner.
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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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It will be an immense relief to their enslaved minds to be freed from any one bond of restraint
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For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
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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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None is fitter than the three lower degrees of Freemasonry
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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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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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We may turn the public mind which way we will.
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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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Give them hints of emancipation from the tyranny of public opinion, and of standing up for themselves;
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