Declaration of the Rights of Man

1. Everyone has the same amount of rights as others. Class distinction may only take place if everyone agrees.
2. The rights that all men have when born, are life, property, security, and resistance to authority in a cruel of unjust manner.
3. All power and authority comes from the nation. No individual can have power unless it comes from the nation.
4. Liberty is the freedom to do anything, as long as one is not hurting others or putting others in danger. The natural rights of man has no limit except that others have the same rights.
5. Laws can only be made to protect society from getting hurt. Nothing can be stopped if it is not a law, and no one will be forced to do anything the law does not say to do.
6. The law is made according to the general will of the people. Everyone has a say, whether it be personally or through a representative. Everyone can be eligible to have some public position and have the right to any occupation they want according to their talents and abilities.
7. No one should be accused, arrested or imprisoned unless stated by the law. Any one soliciting, etc. will be punished. Any person arrested in virtue of the law, will give in because if they do not, it is an offense.
8. Punishments are not to be to strict or horrible for the crime. The punishment must fit the crime. No one should be punished, unless the law states it and it is passed by the commission of the offense.
9. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty. If arrest is necessary, all things that were not important to the securing of the prisoner's person will be repressed due to the law.
10. No one should be bothered regarding their opinions. This includes their religion, as long as it does not bother the public order stated by the law.
11. The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most important rights given to man. Everyone may speak, write, and print anything, but one must be responsible of the abuse of this freedom.
12. The rights of man requires public military force. However, the forces are for the good of everyone, not just of those intrusted in it.
13. A common donation is needed in order to maintain the public forces and administration. This donation should be evenly distributed to all the people according to how much they have.
14. Everyone has the right to decide the necessity of the donation, what it is used for, and to divide it proportionally throughout the people, and also the mode for the collection and duration of taxes.
15. Society can require public agents an account of their administration.
16. A society has no constitution if the laws are not enforced, and checks and balances does not take place.
17. Property is a sacred right and can only be taken away legally for the public necessity if demanded and only if the owner is reimbursed.

The propagandistic value of the image includes putting light and angels at the top because this makes it appear godly, which makes people want to follow the laws even more. Also, the "Eye of providence", which is located in the triangle, sometimes represents the eye of God watching down on mankind. This picture reminds me of The Ten Commandments. What is trying to be accomplished is, they want the people to think it is godly like The Ten Commandments, therefore it must be obeyed.