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

"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…"

"It has been claimed that Dr. Weishaupt was an atheist, a Cabalistic magician, a rationalist, a mystic; a democrat, a …"

"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…"

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