"The one safe generalization one can make is that Weishaupt's intent to maintain secrecy has worked; no two students o…"

"This first stage of the life of the whole race is savagery, raw nature:… a condition in which man enjoys the most exq…"

"In this time, when the games and abuses of secret societies were without end, I wanted to make use of this human weak…"

"Wishaupt seems to be an enthusiastic Philanthropist. He is among those (as you know the excellent [Richard] Price and…"

"As Wishaupt lived under the tyranny of a despot & priests, he knew that caution was necessary even in spreading infor…"

"Since the number of men is large but the earthly realm is not inexhaustible, one man can no longer profit from the la…"

"I myself brought Deism no more to Bavaria than to Rome or Italy. I found it there already; and I shall give the reaso…"

"Do you realize sufficiently what it means to rule—to rule in a secret society? Not only over the lesser or more impor…"

"Should you seek might, power, false honor, excess — seek that we would work for you to provide your temporal advantag…"

"In the stage of manhood alone does the human race first appear in his dignity; only there are his principles fixed, h…"