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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

The text of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, written in 1789, translated into English.

The text of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, written in 1789, translated into English.

Citation Information: Excerpt from “The French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and the American Bill of Rights,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/5a7cf3c13b3b7116de87eb25464632d0.

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The text of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, written in 1789, translated into English.

An image of egalité or equality, created in 1793, holding the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.

An excerpt from The Evolution of Modern Liberty by George Scherger, 1904.

The text of England’s Magna Carta or “Great Charter,” written in 1215; ideas in this document later influenced the Declaration.

An excerpt from Two Treatises of Government, written by the Enlightenment philosopher John Locke in 1690.

An engraving of the Marquis de Lafayette created by Noel De Mire in 1781.

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