Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité

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Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité is the famous French revolutionary slogan expressing the core republican values of freedom, equality, and brotherhood.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf national motto
political slogan
revolutionary slogan
appearsOn French coins
French official documents
French postage stamps
French public buildings
associatedWith Enlightenment ideals
French First Republic
French Revolution
French republicanism
component Fraternité
Liberté
Égalité
country France
culturalRole symbol of French national identity
symbol of universal democratic values
hasLegalStatus official motto of France
historicalPeriod late 18th century
ideology democracy
liberalism
republicanism
influencedBy Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
language French
meaningOfComponent Fraternité means brotherhood
Liberté means freedom
Égalité means equality
mottoOf France
French Republic
originCountry France
politicalUse French political discourse
republican movements worldwide
punctuation commas between the three words
relatedConcept citizenship
human rights
secularism
social solidarity
symbolizes equality
fraternity
freedom
translatedAs Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
usedBy French Republic
usedSince 19th century
wordCount 3
writtenForm Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité


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