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This article is Great! This article is very poor — Preceding unsigned comment added by Germinal12 (talk • contribs) 19:57, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
Much of the article gives the impression that Thomas Jefferson was the fountainhead of the document, citing English-language historians. Certainly he was an influence but one among many, as he appears in the more balanced French article. The German, Portuguese, Italian, and Spanish articles don't even mention him by name, so the difference between the French and English articles can hardly be put down to French national pride. This reads rather like it was written by people who can only see the world from an Anglophone perspective . 105.227.132.177 (talk) 23:03, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
I am fairly certain that "severly" in Article 9 is a typo, but, as I don't speak French, I'm not 100% sure what it should be. (severely, severally (??)).
Anybody?
Article 9 Every man is supposed innocent until having been declared guilty; {but,} if it be considered essential to arrest, any action, which is not necessary to secure the person, must be severly repressed at law.
Randy Kramer
I am wondering why the Articles were modified from the original text?
I agree with Jmabel, there is no source for the translation, this is the only place I have seen it, and I have only found one other translation
Some sources state Aug 26 while others go with Aug 27. Which is it?
Here is a university source (among countless others) that cites Aug 27: http://history.binghamton.edu/hist130/docs/dormc.htm
But at the same time, there are just as many sources that cite Aug 26. I know this isn't a big deal, but... you know...
EDIT: I took the liberty of adding in the the (some sourcefs say August 27) for the time being.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.161.238.131 (talk • contribs) 20 June 2006.
Actually in french the word for "man" is the same word for "human". But the translation in english do not take this in charge... That's why there is a capital letter at the begining of the world for "man" in french, the capital letter is here to tell us "we talk about the human in general, includes the women" that's why actually it's the "Declaration of the Rights of Human and of the Citizen" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shensko (talk • contribs) 22:09, 6 September 2010 (UTC) ~
Actually "Man" in the English translation does mean "human being". You may find "man" used to refer to "mankind" in many older texts in English. When the declaration was written in 1789, English-speakers chose to translate it as "Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen". Ideportal (talk)
This article has a major gap, in that it lacks an "#Impact" or "#Legacy" section. Monarchs all over Europe trembled over this, fearing revolution could approach their shores. Some of this is covered in Influence of the French Revolution. As an example: one impact covered neither here nor there is the influence on Thomas Paine, who penned his essay Rights of Man in London in 1791, framed as a response to Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France It was a monumental attack on monarchy and attempted to stir working class readers to embrace radical Republicanism. It was a blockbuster in England, selling 50,000 copies in England alone in the first three months. Prime Minister Pitt said, "Paine is quite right, but what am I to do? As things are, if I were to encourage Tom Paine's opinions, I should have a bloody revolution." This was before the guillotining of the French monarchs, and when news of that and Robespierre's excesses arrived in England, repressive laws against free speech and political dissent were instituted directly as a result, and people were imprisoned for speaking out. The government went on a character assassination campaign against Paine, including claims of zoophilia. Crowds amassed, stirred up by thugs paid to incite the crowd and burn effigies of Paine in public squares, finally driving Paine out of the country, trying Paine in absentia and convicting him. Mathglot (talk) 00:23, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
The French Revolution did not lead to a recognition of women's rights
I still can't wrap my mind around this failure. What was the primary cause? The influence of religion? Traditional social roles of masculinity? How do you go about calling for a revolution in every sphere of life and leave out half of the people involved? It does not, and never has made sense. Viriditas (talk) 01:24, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
The second republic in the world?! What?! That's wgat is describes the Haitian Republic to have been. Even if one excludes the numerous republics created in the Middle Ages, surely whoever wrote that absured statement couldn't count to 3: 1)USA, 2) FRANCE, only then 3) Haiti. So how is it supposed to be second on the list?! -SC BENHAM historian author 213.119.204.50 (talk) 08:38, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
I noticed there's an external link in the Substance#Active and Passive Citizenship section to an old political cartoon. Is there a reason it isn't embedded directly in the article? Surely it's public domain by now, though I'm not certain how France's IP laws might be relevant here. Xx-bean-xX (talk) 15:09, 21 March 2024 (UTC)