
The declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen french.
Declaration of the rights of man in french. The representatives of the french people formed into a national assembly considering that ignorance neglect or scorn of the rights of man to be the only causes of national misfortunes and the corruption of governments have resolved to set out in a solemn declaration the natural unalienable and sacred rights of man. Article 1 of the declaration states. Ambassador to the french kingdom was a personal friend of the marquis de lafayette and was consulted by him in this matter. Rights of man 1791 a book by thomas paine including 31 articles posits that popular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard the natural rights of its people using these points as a base it defends the french revolution against edmund burke s attack in reflections on the revolution in france 1790.
It was a constitutional document that guaranteed the rights of all individual frenchmen. It was a concise expression of enlightenment values and ideas embraced by most political clubs and factions. The declaration of the rights of man and citizen was passed by the national constituent assembly in august 1789. The sovereignty of the people and the natural and inalienable rights of man.
The declaration was drafted by the abbé sieyès and the marquis de lafayette in consultation with thomas jefferson. All men are born and remain free. The long awaited fourth installment of my french revolution series addresses the declaration of the rights of man and the citizen which was passed by the national assembly in 1789. It was published in two parts in march 1791 and february.
The declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen was largely composed by the marquis de lafayette in line with the reformist spirit of the times and approved by the national assembly of france on august 26 th 1789. It was adopted by the constituent assembly on aug. Déclaration des droits de l homme et du citoyen de 1789 set by france s national constituent assembly in 1789 is a human civil rights document from the french revolution.