Adam Weishaupt

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

— Adam Weishaupt

#gone #government #his #lives #man

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

— Adam Weishaupt

#believe #cannot #made #man #mortal

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

— Adam Weishaupt

#founder #i #i am #known #proud

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

#circumstance #constitution #directed #jealous #noble

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

— Adam Weishaupt

#grace #indeed #knowledge #possess #reason

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

— Adam Weishaupt

#effectual #i #know #lead #means

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

— Adam Weishaupt

#faults #general #good #may #plan

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

#because #deficient #domination #dose #inefficient

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

#executed #exertions #government #greater #had

I did not bring Deism into Bavaria. ↗

— Adam Weishaupt

#did #i #into