Quotes; Adam Weishaupt

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And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it.
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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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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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I did not bring Deism into Bavaria.
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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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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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Morality will perform all this; and Morality is the fruit of Illumination.
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The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men.
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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason which will dispell the clouds of superstition and of prejudice.
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-Adam Weishaupt, Founder of the order of the Illuminati