German - Clergyman | February 6, 1748 - November 18, 1830
Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
Adam Weishaupt
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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
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The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members.
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The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
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In another situation, and in an active station in life, I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head.
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The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch, the priest and the unlettered lord of his family, and Reason will be the code of laws to all mankind.
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G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason. Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
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It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done, if every man were placed in the office for which he was fitted by nature and a proper education, which first suggested to me the plan of Illumination.
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