“Be no more divided over political programmes of which you are the dupes.
“Band yourselves together upon the basis of your interests.
“Let us not expect anything from the good will of anybody, but let us define our own wills. Let us not say to any exterior power, ‘Give us (Donnez-nous) our daily bread’; for manna will not fall from heaven nor from the governmental spheres. But let us say, ‘Give ourselves’ (Donnons-nous)! We can, if we will it, affirm with solidarity true Liberty for All.
“Let us combine our determination and our scattered energies, and let us constitute the great party of men with hearts upon this question of bread, proclaiming THE RIGHT TO LIVE (le droit à la vie) without humiliating conditions.
“Let bread, in all the communes, be the property of all, like the water of the fountains, the lights of the streets, and the streets themselves.
“We have free instruction, which profits only those who can receive instruction. Let us organise, more justly, Le Pain Gratuit for the profit and the liberty of all the workers.
“Let the bread necessary to life be a right, and not an alms. Let it be no more the derisive price with which the labourer, nourisher of the rich, is paid. Let us abrogate the law of death inscribed on the margin of the code against him who has not found a way to sell himself.
“The people must speak out loud and firm! They must dictate their terms!
“Let us vote no more for individuals nor for complicated programmes. Let us vote for Le Pain Gratuit! Let there be no political divisions upon this point. Let us be with those who are with us, and be on our guard against the false philanthropists who promise more butter than bread.