Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen Statement of principles of the French Revolution, adopted by the National Assembly, accepted by Louis XVI and included in the 1791 constitution. Influenced by the American Declaration of Independence and the ideas of Jean Jacques Rousseau, it established the sovereignty of the people and the principles of “liberty, equality, and fraternity”.
http://www.constitution.org/fr/fr_drm.htm
http://www.constitution.org/fr/fr_drm.htm
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