#france’s national motto was the invention of two childhood friends that killed each other…

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After the oath, it was a touching spectacle to see all the soldier-citizens rush into each other's arms, promising each other liberté, égalité, fraternité. Desmoulins being the first person to ever bring the three words together as a formula in number 35 of Révolutions de France et de Brabant. (July 1790)

They will carry on their chest these words engraved: THE FRENCH PEOPLE, and below: LIBERTÉ, ÉGALITÉ, FRATERNITÉ. The same words will be inscribed on their flags, which will bear the three colors of the nation. Robespierre being the first person ever to use the three words as a motto in his speech on the organisation of the national guard (December 1790)