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Quotation from Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen by The National Constituent Assembly of France
“Men are born, and always continue, free and equal in respect of their Rights.”
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, Article One, trans. Thomas Paine (1791)
The foundational statement of natural equality.
Citation: "Men are born, and always continue, free and equal in respect of their Rights." — The National Constituent Assembly of France, Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, Article One, trans. Thomas Paine (1791). (id declaration-of-the-rights-of-man-q1)
