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Approved by the national assembly of france august 26 1789 the representatives of the french people organized as a national assembly believing that the ignorance neglect or contempt of the rights of man are the sole cause of public calamities and of the corruption of governments have determined to set forth in a solemn declaration the natural unalienable and sacred rights of man in.
Declaration of the rights of man national assembly. The sugar to its cookies. Declaration of the rights of man and citizen decreed by the national assembly in the sessions of 20th 21st 23rd 24th and 26th august 1789 accepted by the king introduction the representatives of the french people constituted as a national assembly considering that ignorance neglect or contempt for the rights. The disaster that was the meeting of the estates general in 1789 led directly to france s first. The representatives of the french people organized as a national assembly believing that the ignorance neglect or contempt of the rights of man are the sole cause of public calamities and of the corruption of governments have determined to set forth in a solemn declaration the natural unalienable and sacred rights of man in order that this declaration being constantly before all the.
This assembly was the yeast to the declaration of the rights of man and citizen s bread. The declaration was drafted by the abbé sieyès and the marquis de lafayette in consultation with thomas jefferson. The declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen of august 26 1789 is one of the fundamental texts included in the preamble to the french constitution of october 1958. Presented here is the first printed edition from the collections of the national library of france.
The declaration of the rights of man and citizen was passed by the national constituent assembly in august 1789. The declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen french. The basil to its pesto. It was a concise expression of enlightenment values and ideas embraced by most political clubs and factions.
It was a constitutional document that guaranteed the rights of all individual frenchmen. The new national assembly created the historic and influential document the declaration of the rights of man which stated the principle that all men had equal rights under the law this document remained the basis for all subsequent declarations of human rights.