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French civic exam 2026, Rights and duties
Which text states that all men are born free and equal in rights?
An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.
Naturalisation no. 101
Quel texte affirme que tous les hommes naissent libres et égaux en droits ?
Which text states that all men are born free and equal in rights?
Answer. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789, in its article 1.
La Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen de 1789, dans son article 1er.
The first article of the Declaration of 1789 says that all men are born and remain free and equal in rights.
The official text that proves it
« Les hommes naissent et demeurent libres et égaux en droits. Les distinctions sociales ne peuvent être fondées que sur l'utilité commune. »
Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions can be based only on common usefulness.
In French, with its English meaning.
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