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Soon after the Revolution, the motto was often written as "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or Death." "Death" was later dropped for being too strongly associated with the excesses of the revolution. The French Tricolour has been seen as embodying all the principles of the Revolution— Liberté, égalité, fraternité. [3]
Liberté, égalité, fraternité (French pronunciation: [libɛʁte eɡalite fʁatɛʁnite]; "liberty, equality, fraternity", [7] is the national motto of France, and is an example of a tripartite motto.
The French Revolution (French: Révolution française [ʁevɔlysjɔ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) was a period of political and societal change in France which began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the Coup of 18 Brumaire on 9 November 1799.
Bust of Marianne sculpted by Théodore Doriot, in the French Senate. Marianne (pronounced) has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty.
The French Republic continued this Roman symbol to represent state power, justice, and unity. [2] During the Revolution, the fasces image was often used in conjunction with many other symbols. Though seen throughout the French Revolution, perhaps the most well known French reincarnation of the fasces is the Fasces surmounted by a Phrygian cap.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: Déclaration des droits de l'Homme et du citoyen de 1789), set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human and civil rights document from the French Revolution; the French title can be translated in the modern era as "Declaration of Human and Civic Rights".
A fraternity (from Latin frater ' brother ' and -ity; whence, "brotherhood") or fraternal organization is an organization, society, club or fraternal order traditionally of men but also women associated together for various religious or secular aims.
The official logo of the French Republic, with Marianne and the national motto, Liberté, égalité, fraternité. National symbols of France are emblems of the French Republic and French people, and they are the cornerstone of the nation's republican tradition. The national symbols of the French Fifth Republic are: [1] The French flag