For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence
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For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence
ADAM WEISHAUPTThe public is accustomed to it, expects little from it and therefore takes little notice of it.
ADAM WEISHAUPTThis 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.
ADAM WEISHAUPTLet it never appear in any place in its own name but always covered by another name and another occupation.
ADAM WEISHAUPTWe must endeavour to win him over, or decry him.
ADAM WEISHAUPTThe great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
ADAM WEISHAUPTThe head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch
ADAM WEISHAUPTAnd 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.
ADAM WEISHAUPTIn another situation, and in an active station in life,
ADAM WEISHAUPTWhen man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
ADAM WEISHAUPTMy explanation is accurate and complete, my means are effectual, and irresistable.
ADAM WEISHAUPTOh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?.
ADAM WEISHAUPTThese should therefore be our chief study; we should insinuate ourselves into their good opinion
ADAM WEISHAUPTI declare and I challenge all mankind to contradict my declaration, that no man can give any account of the order of Freemasonry
ADAM WEISHAUPTSalvation 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.
ADAM WEISHAUPTThe tenor of my life has been the opposite of everything that is vile, and no man can lay any such thing to my charge.
ADAM WEISHAUPT