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	Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (also UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (A/RES/217, December 10, 1948), outlining a view on basic human rights.
		While it is not a legally binding document, it served as the foundation for the original two legally-binding UN human rights Covenants, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.
		Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights (339 words)

	The Avalon Project : Declaration of the Rights of Man - 1789
		The aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.
		The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man. Every citizen may, accordingly, speak, write, and print with freedom, but shall be responsible for such abuses of this freedom as shall be defined by law.
		All the citizens have a right to decide, either personally or by their representatives, as to the necessity of the public contribution; to grant this freely; to know to what uses it is put; and to fix the proportion, the mode of assessment and of collection and the duration of the taxes.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/rightsof.htm (706 words)

	"Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen" (August 1789)
		Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (August 1789)
		The guarantee of the rights of man and citizen requires a public force; this force then is instituted for the advantage of all and not for the personal benefit of those to whom it is entrusted.
		All the citizens have a right to ascertain, by themselves or by their representatives, the necessity of the public tax, to consent to it freely, to follow the employment of it, and to determine the quota, the assessment, the collection, and the duration of it.
	www.historyguide.org /intellect/declaration.html (688 words)

	Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
		Free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious rights of man. Consequently, every citizen may speak, write, and print freely, subject to responsibility for the abuse of such liberty in the cases determined by law.
		The guarantee of the rights of man and citizen necessitates a public force; such a force, therefore, is instituted for the advantage of all and not for the particular benefit of those to whom it is entrusted.
		Citizens have the right to ascertain, by themselves or through their representatives, the necessity of the public tax, to consent to it freely, to supervise its use, and to determine its assessment, payment and duration.
	history.binghamton.edu /hist130/docs/dormc.htm (660 words)

	Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Consequently, the National Assembly acknowledges and declares in the presence of and under the auspices of the Supreme Being, the following rights of man and citizen.
		Article 12 - The protection of the rights of man and the citizen requires a police force; consequently this force is established in the interest of all, not in that of those to whom it has been entrusted.
		Article 17 - The right of ownership is an inviolable and sacred right; one may not be deprived of one's property, unless where public need, duly ascertained by law, clearly requires it, and subject to the condition that fair and prior compensation be made.
	www.justice.gouv.fr /anglais/europe/addhc.htm (681 words)

	France-diplomatie [The symbols of the Republic and Bastille Day] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 1789 Declaration of the rights of man and the citizen was inspired by the American Declaration of Independence of 1776.
		The Declaration of the rights of man and the citizen, along with the decrees of August 4 and 11, 1789 abolishing feudal rights, was one of the fundamental texts adopted by the Constituent Assembly formed in the wake of the meeting of the Estates General.
		Article 12 - To guarantee the Rights of Man and of the Citizen a public force is necessary; this force is therefore established for the benefit of all, and not for the particular use of those to whom it is entrusted.
	www.diplomatie.gouv.fr /france/14juillet/gb/decldroits.html (1099 words)

	France - Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
		France - Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789-1791) and Excerpt from the minutes of the National Assembly, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 26 August and 1 October 1789.
		France - Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789-1791)
		It is proposed that the first edition of the 1789 Declaration on the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, which was finalized by the National Assembly in Paris during the summer of 1789, be included in the Memory of the World Register.
	portal.unesco.org /ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8036&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (443 words)

	Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen on Encyclopedia.com
		The French declaration listed the “inalienable rights” of the individual (a list of duties was, after some debate, omitted by its framers).
		The rights to “liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression” and the rights to freedom of speech and of the press were guaranteed.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/D/DeclarR1M1N1C1.asp (412 words)

	French Revolution: Search
		The Declaration of Rights drafted in 1776 by George Mason for the state constitution of Virginia influenced both Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.
		Jews enjoyed certain rights within their own religious communities but were largely excluded from broader political and civil rights and in fact faced great restrictions on their choice of occupation, ability to own property, and the like.
		In this pamphlet she provides a declaration of the rights of women to parallel the one for men, thus criticizing the deputies for having forgotten women.
	chnm.gmu.edu /revolution/searchfr.php?function=find&keyword=declaration (3119 words)

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		The right to express one's thoughts and opinions by means of the press or in any other manner, the right to assemble peaceably, the free pursuit of religion, cannot be forbidden.
		Any act done against man outside of the cases and without the forms that the law determines is arbitrary and tyrannical; the one against whom it may be intended to be executed by violence has the right to repel it by force.
		The right of property is that which belongs to every citizen to enjoy, and to dispose at his pleasure of his goods, income, and of the fruits of his labor and his skill.
	www.historyteacher.net /APEuroCourse/Readings-Open/Reading-FrRevol-DeclarationOfRights-Year1-1793.htm (1089 words)

	Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen 1789
		The free communication of thought and opinion is one of the most precious rights of man: every citizen can therefore talk, write and publish freely, except that he is responsible for abuses of this liberty in cases determined by the law.
		The guaranteeing of the rights of man and the citizen requires a public force: this force is therefore established for everybody's advantage and not for the particular benefit of the persons who are entrusted with it.
		All citizens have the right, personally or by means of their representatives, to have demonstrated to them the necessity of public taxes, so that they can consent freely to them, can check how they are used, and can determine the shares to be paid, their assessment, collection and duration.
	www.mdx.ac.uk /www/study/x1789.htm (682 words)

	Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
		Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (26 August 1789)
		The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man. Every citizen may therefore speak, write, and print freely, if he accepts his own responsibility for any abuse of this liberty in the cases set by the law.
		All citizens have the right, by themselves or through their representatives, to have demonstrated to them the necessity of public taxes, to consent to them freely, to follow the use made of the proceeds, and to determine the means of apportionment, assessment, and collection, and the duration of them.
	www.columbia.edu /~iw6/docs/decright.html (697 words)

	Human Rights Documents: Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen 1789
		Consequently, the national assembly recognizes and declares, in the presence and under the auspices of the Supreme Being, the following rights of man and citizen.
		The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the must precious rights of man; any citizen may therefore speak, write and print freely, but is responsible for any abuse of this liberty in the cases provided for by the law.
		Citizens have the right to verify for themselves, or through their representatives, the necessity of the public contribution; to freely give their consent to it and follow its use; to determine its amount, the revenue on which it is based, the means of collection and the duration of the tax.
	www.derechos.net /doc/tratados/eng/79.html (682 words)

	Universal Declaration of Human Rights
		(2) This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
		Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
		Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.
	www.un.org /Overview/rights.html (1587 words)

	Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens by
		No man ought to be molested on account of his opinions, not even on account of his religious opinions, provided his avowal of them does not disturb the public order established by the law.
		Every citizen has a right, either by himself or his representative, to a free voice in determining the necessity of public contributions, the appropriation of them, and their amount, mode of assessment, and duration.
		The right of property being inviolable and sacred, no one ought to be deprived of it, except in cases of evident public necessity, legally ascertained, and on condition of a previous just indemnity.
	www.humanistictexts.org /FrenchDOROM.htm (717 words)

	Virginia Declaration of Rights, 1776
		This declaration served as a model for bills of rights in several other state constitutions and was a source of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, though its degree of influence upon the latter document is a highly controversial question.
		A declaration of rights made by the representatives of the good people of Virginia, assembled in full and free convention; which rights do pertain to them and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government.
		That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services; which, not being descendible, neither ought the offices of magistrate, legislator, or judge to be hereditary.
	www.constitution.org /bcp/virg_dor.htm (611 words)

	Chapter Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France of Rights of Man by Thomas ...
		Chapter Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France of Rights of Man by Thomas Paine
		The unrestrained communication of thoughts and opinions being one of the most precious rights of man, every citizen may speak, write, and publish freely, provided he is responsible for the abuse of this liberty in cases determined by the law.
		A public force being necessary to give security to the rights of men and of citizens, that force is instituted for the benefit of the community, and not for the particular benefit of the persons with whom it is entrusted.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/1/327/2414/27948/1.html (588 words)

	Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789 [France]
		Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789 [France]
		Article 12—Guaranteeing the rights of man and of the citizen requires a public force[3].
		They further have the right to grant the tax freely, to watch over how it is used, and to determine its amount[4], the basis for its assessment and of its collection, and its duration.
	www.magnacartaplus.org /french-rights/1789.htm (1084 words)

	AllRefer.com - Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (French History) - Encyclopedia
		Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, French History
		Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, a fundamental document of French constitutional history, drafted by Emmanuel SieyEs, adopted by the Constituent Assembly on Aug. 26, 1789, and embodied in the French constitution of 1791 as a preamble.
		Its framers were much influenced by the American Declaration of Independence and by the philosophes (see Enlightenment).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/DeclarRMNC.html (296 words)

	Chapter 3 Page 1
		The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen of 1789 brought together two streams of thought: one springing from the Anglo-American tradition of legal and constitutional guarantees of individual liberties, the other from the Enlightenment's belief that reason should guide all human affairs.
		Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence of 1776 claimed that "inalienable" rights were the foundation of all government, and he justified American resistance to English rule in these terms.
		The similarities to the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen are not hard to find, for both the Virginia Bill of Rights and Jefferson's Declaration of Independence had an immediate influence on the French declaration.
	chnm.gmu.edu /revolution/chap3a.html (688 words)

	DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND OF THE CITIZEN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		No one shall be bothered on account of his opinions, including his religious views, provided their manifestation does not disturb the public order established by law.
		The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man. Every citizen may, accordingly, speak, write, and print with freedom, but shall be responsible for such abuses of this freedom as shall be defined by law.
		Since property is an undeniable and sacred right, no one shall be deprived of it except where public necessity, legally determined, shall clearly demand it.
	www.drizzle.com /~jcouture/1_world/french_rev/r_declaration_rights_man.htm (904 words)

	Primary Sources for Perry Brief
		This declaration is one of the fundamental statements of human rights in the Western Hemisphere.
		Despite this debate, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was, and remains, a profound statement on human rights.
		14. All the citizens have a right to decide, either personally or by their representatives, as to the necessity of the public contribution; to grant this freely; to know to what uses it is put; and to fix the proportion, the mode of assessment and of collection and the duration of the taxes.
	college.hmco.com /history/west/perry/western_civilization_brief/4e/students/primary/rightsofman.htm (989 words)

	Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen du 26 Août 1789 -- My translation, which may not be word for word, ...
		Article 11 The free communication of thought and the opinion is one of the most invaluable rights of the man: any citizen can thus speak, write, print freely, except that he must answer for his abuse this freedom in such cases determined by the law.
		Article 12 The guarantee of human rights and of the citizen requires a police force: this force is thus instituted for the advantage of all, and not just for the particular utility of those {officials} to which it is entrusted.
		Article 14 All citizens have the right to vote, by themselves or through their representatives, for the need for the public contribution, to agree to it voluntarily, to allow implementation of it, and to determine its appropriation, the {amount of} assessment, its collection and its duration.
	www.hightowertrail.com /Declaration.htm (976 words)

	Eleanor Roosevelt Biography
		Envisioning a declaration with enduring principles that would be perpetually recognized by all nations, she was a strong advocate of true universality within the Declaration.
		The Universal Declaration is the primary international articulation of the fundamental and inalienable rights of all members of the human family.
		Roosevelt declares that "the destiny of human rights is in the hands of all our citizens in all our communities." She urges people to improve human rights conditions "in small places, close to home" as the first step towards global progress.
	www.udhr.org /history/Biographies/bioer.htm (1484 words)

	The Rights of Man (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Marquis de Lafayette,fresh from the United States with an engraved copy of the Declaration of Independence, was a delegate in the National Assembly that met during the summer of 1789.
		It was he who proposed the document that became "The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen." Click on each individual portrait within this page to read a quote related to the image.
		The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen felled in one stroke the old social patterns.
	www.mcdougallittell.com /whist/netact/U5/U5top2.htm (598 words)

	The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens: A Contribution to Modern Constitutional History (1901): The ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services.
		The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government is to secure the existence of the bodypolitic, to protect it, and to furnish the individuals who compose it with the power of enjoying, in safety and tranquillity, their natural rights and the blessings of life.
		Every subject has a right to be secure from all unreasonable searches and seizures of his person, his houses, his papers, and all his possessions.
	oll.libertyfund.org /Texts/Documents/Doc-FrenchRightsOfMan.html (1714 words)

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