Scarcely had I foreseen that France would possess citizens, than I wished to be one of these citizens myself, and I made unhesitatingly the sacrifice of all the rank and privileges that separated me from the nation: they cost me nothing; I aspired to be a deputy--I was one.

I sided with the _tiers etat_, not from factious feeling, but from justice.

In my opinion, it was impossible to prevent the completion of the Revolution, although some persons around the king thought otherwise.

The troops were assembled, and surrounded the National Assembly.

Paris imagined it was threatened, and rose _en masse_; the Gardes Francaises, who lived amongst the people, followed the stream, and the report was circulated that I had bribed this regiment with my gold.