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The adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen — The founding text adopted on 26 August 1789
“Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.” Voted article by article, the text proclaims the natural rights — liberty, property, security, resistance to oppression — and grounds sovereignty in the nation. (Editorial synthesis)
The adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen took place on 26 August 1789. (source: Encyclopædia Universalis)
The adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen took place in Versailles. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica and Assemblée nationale)
The adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ended in the proclamation of natural rights and of national sovereignty. (source: Conseil constitutionnel)
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