Adam Weishaupt
Adam Weishaupt
Johann Adam Weishaupt was a German philosopher and founder of the Order of the Illuminati, a secret society...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth6 February 1748
CityIngolstadt, Germany
CountryGermany
government greater opposed placed situations suited
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.
therefore
The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members.
winning doe endeavour
If a writer publishes any thing that attracts notice, and is in itself just, but does not accord with our plan, we must endeavour to win him over, or decry him.
proud world deism
I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
nwo mind new-world-order
The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
strong lying men
Salvation does not lie where strong thrones are defended by swords, where the smoke of censers ascend to heaven or where thousands of strong men pace the rich fields of harvest. The revolution which is about to break will be sterile if it is not complete.
zest order giving
For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence; for thus it is better secured from the oppression of the ruling powers, and because this secrecy gives a greater zest to the whole.
opposition
Illuminate the opposition.
religious political prejudice
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.