Liberté, égalité, fraternité

The slogan of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (French Liberté, égalité, fraternité ) is the motto of today's French Republic and the Republic of Haiti.

Motto of the revolution

Under Napoleon III. was Liberté, égalité, fraternité declared their slogan than 50 years after the French Revolution. After she had been repeatedly questioned, she sat down after 1871 by under the Third Republic. They are enshrined in the Constitution of the Fifth Republic from 1958. Nowadays it is part of our national heritage and found virtually every town hall and other public buildings.

The terms " liberty, equality and fraternity " that brought Fénelon end of the 17th century with each other, gained widespread use during the period of the Enlightenment.

During the French Revolution, "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" one of the numerous solutions to which they relied. In a speech about the organization of the National Guard to Maximilien de Robespierre spoke in December 1790 for writing the words " The French people " and "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" on flags and uniforms; his plan was not adopted.

Unité, Indivisibilité de la République, Liberté, égalité, fraternité ou la mort

1793 began the Parisian following words to write on their facades: "Unity, indivisibility of the Republic; Liberty, Equality, Fraternity or Death ", which the inhabitants of other cities imitated quickly. However, they were soon asked to remove the last part of this inscription, because he too recalled the Reign of Terror were executed in the tens of thousands to the guillotine.

Revolution and Constitution of 1848

How many symbols of the Revolution turned out these foreign exchange under the Empire into oblivion. During the February Revolution of 1848 he was arrested again and was given a religious dimension: priests celebrated the Christ of brotherhood and freedom blessed the trees that were planted at that time. When drafting the Constitution of 1848 the motto was "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" as a "principle " of the Republic.

Discarded under the Second Empire, they eventually prevailed under the Third Republic. However, there some people still objected to it, even with the other supporters of the Republic: "Solidarity " was sometimes "equality" brought forward, which included a leveling of society, the Christian connotation of fraternity was not universally welcomed.

In celebration of July 14, 1880, the motto was inscribed again on the pediments of public buildings. It was included in the constitutions of 1946 and 1958 and is now an integral part of our national heritage. It must be read on the articles in circulation, such as on the coins or stamps.

Freedom, equality, solidarity

The historic motto "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" is now often replaced by " freedom, equality and solidarity " or " freedom, justice, solidarity," for example, in the basic program of the SPD. The reason for this is that the concept of " solidarity " as opposed to " brotherhood " is gender-neutral and includes women.

Parodies

In parodies, sketches, cartoons and comics we repeatedly modified forms of slogans, such as:

• "Liberty, Equality, sauerkraut " - theme song of the animated series " sauerkraut " by Helme Heine
• " Community, Identity, Stability" - Motto of the state in " Brave New World " by Aldous Huxley
• " Liberté, égalité, Strassenlagé " - advertising for Citroën C5