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.
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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In another situation, and in an active station in life,
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And then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
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Every man is entitled therefore, to give any explanation of the symbols and a system of the doctrine that he can render palatable.
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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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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
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It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done,
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Cultivates the social virtues; and animates them by a great, a feasable, a speedy prospect of universal happiness,
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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
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None is fitter than the three lower degrees of Freemasonry
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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
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For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence
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The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch
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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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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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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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