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In 1791, the emphasis upon Fraternité during the French Revolution, led Olympe de Gouges, a female journalist, to write the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen as a response. [11] [page needed] The tripartite motto was neither a creative collection, nor really institutionalized by the Revolution. [2]
France's national motto Liberté, égalité, fraternité, seen on a public building in Belfort. This article lists state and national mottos for the world's nations. The mottos for some states lacking general international recognition, extinct states, non-sovereign nations, regions, and territories are listed, but their names are not bolded.
Liberté, égalité, fraternité (French for 'Liberty, equality, fraternity') – national motto of France originating in the French Revolution; also the national motto of Haiti; Sous les pavés, la plage! (French for 'Under the cobblestones, the beach!') – notable slogan of the May '68 demonstrations
The 13-letter motto was suggested in 1776 by Pierre Eugene du Simitiere to the committee responsible for developing the seal. At the time of the American Revolution, the phrase appeared regularly on the title page of the London-based Gentleman's Magazine, founded in 1731, [9] [10] which collected articles from many sources into one periodical.
The 1956 law was the first establishment of an official motto for the country, although E pluribus unum ("Out of many, one") was adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782 as the motto for the Seal of the United States and has been used on coins and paper money since 1795.
Thomas Alexandre Dumas, officer in the Legion, idealized painting by Olivier Pichat. The Free Legion of Americans and the South (French: Légion Franche des Américains et du Midi) (also known as the American Legion (French: Légion Américaine), the Légion Noire and the Légion de Saint-Georges) was a short-lived military legion of National Volunteers formed in December 1792 during the ...
The national emblem of France depicts a fasces, representing justice.. Fasces, like many other symbols of the French Revolution, are Roman in origin.Fasces are a bundle of birch rods containing a sacrificial axe.
Eureka, the motto of California on its state seal Nil sine numine, the motto of Colorado on its state seal Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono, the motto of Hawaii on its state quarter Crossroads of America, the motto of Indiana on its state quarter Ad astra per aspera, the motto of Kansas on its state seal Live Free or Die, the motto of New Hampshire on its state quarter Labor omnia vincit ...