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> [For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence; for thus it is better secured from the oppression of the ruling powers, and because this secrecy gives a greater zest to the whole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-weishaupt/for-the-order-wishes-to-be-secret-and-to-work-in-silence-for-thus-it/)

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## More by Adam Weishaupt

> [I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome. I found it here, in great vigour, more abounding than in any of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-weishaupt/i-did-not-bring-deism-into-bavaria-more-than-into-rome-i-found-it/)

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> [Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-weishaupt/of-all-the-means-i-know-to-lead-men-the-most-effectual-is-a-concealed/)

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> [For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence; for thus it is better secured from the oppression of the ruling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-weishaupt/for-the-order-wishes-to-be-secret-and-to-work-in-silence-for-thus-it/)

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> [The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-weishaupt/the-human-race-will-then-become-one-family-and-the-world-will-be-the/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-weishaupt/the-most-wonderful-thing-of-all-is-that-the-distinguished-lutheran/)

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> [Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?. Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-weishaupt/oh-mortal-man-is-there-anything-you-cannot-be-made-to-believe-of-all/)

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> [I did not bring Deism into Bavaria.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-weishaupt/i-did-not-bring-deism-into-bavaria/)

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> [The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-weishaupt/the-first-task-of-the-association-must-therefore-be-to-form-the-young/)

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> [Morality will perform all this; and Morality is the fruit of Illumination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-weishaupt/morality-will-perform-all-this-and-morality-is-the-fruit-of/)

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> [Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-weishaupt/who-would-imagine-that-i-was-to-be-the-founder-of-a-new-religion/)

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> [Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-weishaupt/oh-mortal-man-is-there-anything-you-cannot-be-made-to-believe/)

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> [G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason. Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-weishaupt/g-is-grace-the-flaming-star-is-the-torch-of-reason-those-who-possess/)

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> [It is necessary to gain the common people to our order. The best means to that end is influence in the schools.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-weishaupt/it-is-necessary-to-gain-the-common-people-to-our-order-the-best-means/)

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> [There is no way of influencing men so powerfully as by means of the women. These should therefore be our chief study; we should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-weishaupt/there-is-no-way-of-influencing-men-so-powerfully-as-by-means-of-the/)

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> [I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-weishaupt/i-am-proud-to-be-known-to-the-world-as-the-founder-of-the-illuminati/)

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