Quotes About the Jesuit Order ("Society of Jesus")
From Famous People
"My history of the Jesuits is not eloquently written, but it is supported by unquestionable authorities,[and] is very particular and very horrible. Their [the Jesuit Order's] restoration [in 1814 by Pope Pius VII]is indeed a step toward darkness, cruelty, despotism, [and] death. I do not like the appearance of the Jesuits. If ever there was a body of men who merited eternal damnation on earth and in hell, it is this Society of [Ignatius de]Loyola."-
John Adams (1735-1826; 2nd President of the United States)
"The Jesuits 'are a secret society' a sort of Masonic order with super added features of revolting odiousness, and a thousand times more dangerous."
Samuel Morse (1791-1872; American inventorof the telegraph; author of the book Foreign Conspiracy Against the Liberties of the United States)
President Thomas Jefferson:
"I do not like the reappearance of the Jesuits…Shall we not have regular swarms of them here, in as many disguises as only a king of the gypsies can assume, dressed as printers, publishers, writers and schoolmasters? If ever there was a body of men who merited eternal damnation on earth and in hell, it is this Society of Loyola's. Nevertheless, we are compelled by our system of religious toleration to offer
them an asylum…."
(The Power and Secret of the Jesuits, Rene Fulop-Miller, 390