Illuminate the opposition.
ADAM WEISHAUPTWhen man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?.
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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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Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
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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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The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
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My explanation is accurate and complete, my means are effectual, and irresistable.
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For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence
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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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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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The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch
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The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
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For thus it is better secured from the oppression of the ruling powers, and because this secrecy gives a greater zest to the whole.
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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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I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome.
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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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