liberté, égalité, fraternité
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Once again, the festival and Hollywood had joined forces to declare their shared values — liberté, égalité, fraternité, publicité! — while delivering a militaristic spectacle that instantly became worldwide news.
From New York Times • May 19, 2022
In Paris on Wednesday he invoked the national motto of "liberté, égalité, fraternité".
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2022
Per the trilogy's French-flag-related themes of liberté, égalité, fraternité, White explores equality—but a certain kind of equality, as Kieslowski pointed out.
From Slate • Nov. 15, 2011
France, a nation that prides itself on its respect for human rights, should embrace the ideals of liberté, égalité, fraternité and give up pompous sermonizing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Upon all the public buildings, the public offices, and many others, is written in large characters—Unité indivisibilité de la république, liberté, égalité, fraternité, ou la mort; but in general the last word is rubbed out.
From Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of
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