"For the Order wishes to be secret and……" — Adam Weishaupt
"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."
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Adam Weishaupt
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37 Quotes by Adam Weishaupt
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By establishing reading societies, and subscription libraries, and taking these under our direction, and supplying them through our labors, we…
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch, the priest and the unlettered lord of his…
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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?. Of all the means I know to lead…
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Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
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There is no way of influencing men so powerfully as by means of the women. These should therefore be our…
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We must win the common people in every corner. This will be obtained chiefly by means of the schools, and…
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I declare and I challenge all mankind to contradict my declaration, that no man can give any account of the…
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If a writer publishes any thing that attracts notice, and is in itself just, but does not accord with our…
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Salvation does not lie where strong thrones are defended by swords, where the smoke of censers ascend to heaven or…
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