Revolutions - American, French, British

Question 1

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness

Answer 1

Thomas Jefferson - Declaration of Independence (American Revolution)

Question 2

The aim of every political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptable rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression

Answer 2

Written by French leaders - Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French Revolution)

Question 3

Women, rouse yourself, the tolling of the bell of reason can be heard throughout the universe; recognize your rights. Nature’s mighty empire is no longer encircled by prejudices, fanaticism, superstition, and lies.

Answer 3

Olympe de Gouges - Declaration of the Rights of Women (French Revolution)

Question 4

I thought 10,000 swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. - But the ave of chivalry is gone. - That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.

Answer 4

Edmund Burke - Reflections on the Revolution in France

Question 5

But now, all is to be changed. All the pleasing illusions, which made power gentle, and obedience liberal, which harmonized the different shades of life, and which, by a bland assimilation, incorporated into politics the sentiments which beautify and soften private society, are to be dissolved by this new conquering empire of light and reason. All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off

Answer 5

Edmund Burke - Reflections on the Revolution in France