THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
NAPOLEONIC WARS
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Rights, Freedom, Equality
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Liberty and Justice for All
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Fraternity, Brotherhood, Liberty
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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
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Detailed explanation-1: -The famous slogan “Liberty, equality, fraternity” and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen were thought valid not only for the French people but for all peoples. Individual liberty, human equality, fraternity of all peoples-these were the common cornerstones of all liberal and democratic nationalism.
Detailed explanation-2: -In a December 1790 speech on the organization of the National Guards, Maximilien Robespierre advocated that the words “The French People” and “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” be written on uniforms and flags, but his proposal was rejected.
Detailed explanation-3: -1772. Liberté, égalité, fraternité – Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: these words are regarded as the most famous slogan of the French Revolution. Men and women are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the common good.
Detailed explanation-4: -Liberty cannot be divorced from equality; equality cannot be divorced from liberty, nor can liberty and equality be divorced from fraternity. Dr B R Ambedkar was the chairman of the drafting committee of the constitution.
Detailed explanation-5: -The revolutionary slogan fraternité is best translated as ‘brotherhood’. Fraternity suggested that the nation’s citizens were bound together in solidarity. It combined nationalism with love and concern for one’s fellow citizens. Fraternity was the most abstract, idealistic and unachievable of all revolutionary ideals.