The 12 Points
What the Hungarian nation wants.
Let there be peace, liberty, and concord.
- We wish freedom of the press, the abolition of censorship.
- A responsible government in Buda-Pest.
- Annual national assembly in Pest.
- Civil and religious equality before the law.
- National guard army.
- Distribution of burdens.
- Abolition of socage .
- Juries and representation on an equal basis.
- A national bank.
- The army must swear to support the constitution, our soldiers must not be dispatched abroad, foreign soldiers must be removed from our soil.
- The freeing of political prisoners.
- Union .
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