Marquis de Lafayette

“ This is the moment to rally round the national colours—the Tricoloured Standard of 1788—the standard of liberty, equality, and public order. It is you alone who can now protect the country from foreign attacks, and internal dissensions. It is you alone who can secure the independence and the honour of France. ”

“ Permit a veteran in the sacred cause of liberty, in all times a stranger to the spirit of faction, to submit to you some resolutions which appear to him to be demanded by a sense of the public danger, and by the love of our country. ”

“ I am assured that you will feel the necessity of adopting them" in some other sources:↑ some sources do not include "of Deputies"↑ in some sources: "Whosoever shall render himself culpable of such an attempt shall be considered a traitor to his country, and condemned as such". ”