I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome. I found it here, in great vigour, more abounding than in… — Adam Weishaupt Deism Copy Share Image
Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery. — Adam Weishaupt Concealed Copy Share Image
For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence; for thus it is better secured from the oppression of… — Adam Weishaupt Giving Copy Share Image
The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men. — Adam Weishaupt Dwelling Copy Share Image
The most wonderful thing of all is that the distinguished Lutheran and Calvinist theologians who belong to our order really believe that… — Adam Weishaupt America Copy Share Image
Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?. Of all the means I know to lead men, the… — Adam Weishaupt Believe Copy Share Image
The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members. — Adam Weishaupt Association Copy Share Image
Morality will perform all this; and Morality is the fruit of Illumination. — Adam Weishaupt Fruit Copy Share Image
Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion. — Adam Weishaupt Entrepreneurship Copy Share Image
Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe? — Adam Weishaupt Believe Copy Share Image
G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason. Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati. — Adam Weishaupt Grace Copy Share Image
It is necessary to gain the common people to our order. The best means to that end is influence in the schools. — Adam Weishaupt Common Copy Share Image
There is no way of influencing men so powerfully as by means of the women. These should therefore be our chief study;… — Adam Weishaupt Admiration Copy Share Image
I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati. — Adam Weishaupt Entrepreneurship Copy Share Image
By establishing reading societies, and subscription libraries, and taking these under our direction, and supplying them through our labors, we may turn… — Adam Weishaupt Historical Copy Share Image
In another situation, and in an active station in life, I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order… — Adam Weishaupt Active Copy Share Image
When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished. — Adam Weishaupt Fallen Copy Share Image
But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would… — Adam Weishaupt Always Copy Share Image
I declare and I challenge all mankind to contradict my declaration, that no man can give any account of the order of… — Adam Weishaupt Accounts Copy Share Image
My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults. — Adam Weishaupt Details Copy Share Image
Nothing would be more profitable to us than a right history of mankind. — Adam Weishaupt History Copy Share Image
The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch, the priest and the unlettered lord of his family, and… — Adam Weishaupt Abraham Copy Share Image
It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done, if every man were placed in the office for… — Adam Weishaupt Conviction Copy Share Image
The tenor of my life has been the opposite of everything that is vile, and no man can lay any such thing… — Adam Weishaupt Has beens Copy Share Image
