Necker succeeded in doubling the representation of the Third Estate to satisfy the nation's people.
The Third Estate had as many deputies as the other two orders together.
His address at the Estates-General on 5 May 1789 about the fundamental problems as financial health, constitutional monarchy, and institutional and political reforms lasted three hours.
Necker suffered from a cold and after fifteen minutes he asked the secretary of the Agricultural Society to read the remainder.
He invited the representatives to leave aside their factional interests and take into consideration the general, long-term interests of the nation.
Personal rivalries and radical claims had to give way to a pragmatic spirit of moderation and conciliation.
Necker's last sentence of the speech: 
"Finally, gentlemen, you will not be envious of what only time can achieve, and you will leave something for it to do.
For if you attempt to reform everything that seems imperfect, your work will lead to poor results."

 According to Simon Schama he "appeared to consider the Estates-General to be a facility designed to help the administration rather than to reform government".
Two weeks later Necker seems to have sought to persuade the king to adopt a constitution similar to that of England and advised him in the strongest possible terms to make the necessary concessions before it was too late.
According to François Mignet "He hoped to reduce the number of orders, and bring about the adoption of the English form of government, by uniting the clergy and nobility in one chamber, and the third estate in another."
By this refusal he became the ally of the assembly, which determined to support him.
Necker warned the king that unless the privileged orders yielded, the States-General would collapse, taxes would not be paid, and the government would be bankrupt.

On 17 June 1789, the first act of the new National Assembly in revolutionary France declared all existing taxes illegal.
Necker had legitimate reasons to be concerned about the implications of this unprecedented decision.
On 23 June the king proposed to the royal council the dissolution of the Assembly.
On 11 July, Necker received a note from the king enjoining him to leave the country within a day.
He finished dining very calmly, without communicating the purport of the order he had received.
According to Jean Luzac they went for a walk in a parc and from there got into their carriage to drive to their estate in Saint-Ouen at seven in the evening.
When the news became known the next day it enraged Camille Desmoulins.
A wax-head of Necker by Philippe Curtius was taken through the streets to the Tuileries.
The Royal Guard allegedly refused to salute the wax portraits and, instead, opened fire, initiating the first bloodshed of the Revolution.
The threat of a counter-revolution caused citizens to take up arms and storm the Bastille on 14 July.
The king and the Assembly recalled the immensely popular Necker to a third ministry in a letter dated 16 July.
Necker replied from Basle on the 23rd.
He wrote to his brother that he was going back to the abyss.
His successor,the 74-years-old Joseph Foullon de Doué was hanged from a lamppost on the 22nd.
His entry into Versailles on the 29th was a day of festivity; he demanded a pardon for Baron de Besenval, who was imprisoned after given command of the troops concentrated in and around Paris early July.
Necker succeeded in doubling the representation of the Third Estate to satisfy the nation's people. The Third Estate had as many deputies as the other two orders together. His address at the Estates-General on 5 May 1789 about the fundamental problems as financial health, constitutional monarchy, and institutional and political reforms lasted three hours. Necker suffered from a cold and after fifteen minutes he asked the secretary of the Agricultural Society to read the remainder. He invited the representatives to leave aside their factional interests and take into consideration the general, long-term interests of the nation. Personal rivalries and radical claims had to give way to a pragmatic spirit of moderation and conciliation. Necker's last sentence of the speech: 
"Finally, gentlemen, you will not be envious of what only time can achieve, and you will leave something for it to do. For if you attempt to reform everything that seems imperfect, your work will lead to poor results."
 According to Simon Schama he "appeared to consider the Estates-General to be a facility designed to help the administration rather than to reform government". Two weeks later Necker seems to have sought to persuade the king to adopt a constitution similar to that of England and advised him in the strongest possible terms to make the necessary concessions before it was too late. According to François Mignet "He hoped to reduce the number of orders, and bring about the adoption of the English form of government, by uniting the clergy and nobility in one chamber, and the third estate in another." By this refusal he became the ally of the assembly, which determined to support him. Necker warned the king that unless the privileged orders yielded, the States-General would collapse, taxes would not be paid, and the government would be bankrupt.
On 17 June 1789, the first act of the new National Assembly in revolutionary France declared all existing taxes illegal. Necker had legitimate reasons to be concerned about the implications of this unprecedented decision. On 23 June the king proposed to the royal council the dissolution of the Assembly. On 11 July, Necker received a note from the king enjoining him to leave the country within a day. He finished dining very calmly, without communicating the purport of the order he had received. According to Jean Luzac they went for a walk in a parc and from there got into their carriage to drive to their estate in Saint-Ouen at seven in the evening. When the news became known the next day it enraged Camille Desmoulins. A wax-head of Necker by Philippe Curtius was taken through the streets to the Tuileries. The Royal Guard allegedly refused to salute the wax portraits and, instead, opened fire, initiating the first bloodshed of the Revolution. The threat of a counter-revolution caused citizens to take up arms and storm the Bastille on 14 July. The king and the Assembly recalled the immensely popular Necker to a third ministry in a letter dated 16 July. Necker replied from Basle on the 23rd. He wrote to his brother that he was going back to the abyss. His successor,the 74-years-old Joseph Foullon de Doué was hanged from a lamppost on the 22nd. His entry into Versailles on the 29th was a day of festivity; he demanded a pardon for Baron de Besenval, who was imprisoned after given command of the troops concentrated in and around Paris early July.
Jacques Necker