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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

On August 26th, 1789, the French National Assembly adopted the 'Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen'. A document that forever changed Europe and the world.

Source: Nancy, Hugues, director. Révolution! 2020. France Télévisions, CuriosityStream, Nilaya Productions.

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
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Full disclosure, I may occasionally borrow a sentence from Will Durant's Story of Civilization. I absolutely love that collection!