Adam Weishaupt Quotes

German - Clergyman February 6, 1748 - November 18, 1830

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. Adam Weishaupt

Nature, Happiness, Discovery, Human, Our

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. Adam Weishaupt

Jealous, Purpose, Constitution, Tyranny

When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished. Adam Weishaupt

Nature, Man, Government, Worth, Gone, He

Nothing would be more profitable to us than a right history of mankind. Adam Weishaupt

History, Nothing, Right, More, Us, Than

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. Adam Weishaupt

Great, Clouds, Sun, Understanding, Will

Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe? Adam Weishaupt

Man, Believe, You, Anything, Made, Oh

But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices; and they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon. Adam Weishaupt

Political, Leave, Us, Because, Ordinary

The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men. Adam Weishaupt

Family, Men, World, Race, Will, Human

G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason. Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati. Adam Weishaupt

Knowledge, Grace, Reason, Star, Torch

I did not bring Deism into Bavaria. Adam Weishaupt

I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati. Adam Weishaupt

I Am, World, Proud, Founder, Am, Known

The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members. Adam Weishaupt

Young, First, Task, Form, Association

The hankering of the mind is irresistible. Adam Weishaupt

Mind, Irresistible, Hankering

But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited my talents. Adam Weishaupt

Government, Always, Others, Things, Much

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. Adam Weishaupt

Life, Situation, Never, Head, Active

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. Adam Weishaupt

Family, Will, Head, Reason, Lord, Priest

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. Adam Weishaupt

Nature, Education, Man, Me, Office, Plan

Morality will perform all this; and Morality is the fruit of Illumination. Adam Weishaupt

Fruit, Morality, Will, Illumination

My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults. Adam Weishaupt

Good, Detail, Plan, May, Faults, General

Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery. Adam Weishaupt

Men, Mystery, Know, Lead, Most, Means

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