Liberté, égalité, fraternité
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
!A [propaganda poster from 1793 representing the French First Republic with the slogan "Unity and Indivisibility of the Republic. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity or Death", together with symbols such as tricolour flags), phrygian cap and gallic rooster](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Unit%C3%A9Indivisibilit%C3%A9delaR%C3%A9publique.jpg/250px-Unit%C3%A9Indivisibilit%C3%A9delaR%C3%A9publique.jpg)
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
Liberté, égalité, fraternité (French pronunciation: [libɛʁte eɡalite fʁatɛʁnite]; French for 'liberty, equality, fraternity)', Latin: Libertas, aequalitas, fraternitas; Haitian Creole: Libète, egalite, fratènite), is the national motto of France and the Republic of Haiti, and is an example of a tripartite motto. Although its origins can be traced to the French Revolution, it was then only one motto among several popularized by revolutionaries and was not institutionalized until the Third Republic at the end of the 19th century. Debates concerning the compatibility and order of the three terms began at the same time as the Revolution. It is also the motto of the Grand Orient and the Grande Loge de France.
Origins during the French Revolution
!Text displayed on a 1793 placard announcing the sale of expropriated property ([biens nationaux). Soon after the Revolution, the motto was often written as "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or Death". "Death" was later dropped for being too strongly associated with the Reign of Terror and excesses of the Revolution.](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/LibertyEqualityorDeath.jpg/250px-LibertyEqualityorDeath.jpg)
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