Point out to us the rules of conduct--the basis of just and equitable laws.

Prepare for us a new system of government; for we realize that the one which has hitherto guided us is corrupt.

Our fathers have wandered in the paths of ignorance, and habit has taught us to follow in their footsteps.
Everything has been done by fraud, violence, and delusion; and the true laws of morality and reason are still obscure.

Clear up, then, their chaos; trace out their connection; publish their code, and we will adopt it.
And the people raised a large throne, in the form of a pyramid, and seating on it the men they had chosen, said to them: We raise you to-day above us, that you may better discover the whole of our relations, and be above the reach of our passions.

But remember that you are our fellow-citizens; that the power we confer on you is our own; that we deposit it with you, but not as a property or a heritage; that you must be the first to obey the laws you make; that to-morrow you redescend among us, and that you will have acquired no other right but that of our esteem and gratitude.