Absolutely a foundational text for human rights and democracy but man was it largely ignored in practice during many of the years that followed, especially between 1792 and 1794 and in some ways even through the Restoration and July Monarchy until 1848.
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Further reading:
[https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/rightsof.asp](https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/rightsof.asp)
[https://www.elysee.fr/en/french-presidency/the-declaration-of-the-rights-of-man-and-of-the-citizen](https://www.elysee.fr/en/french-presidency/the-declaration-of-the-rights-of-man-and-of-the-citizen)
[https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668069/](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668069/)
Absolutely a foundational text for human rights and democracy but man was it largely ignored in practice during many of the years that followed, especially between 1792 and 1794 and in some ways even through the Restoration and July Monarchy until 1848.