´Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good. The aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.” This declaration is part of which of the following?

American Declaration of Independence French Declaration Magna Carta of 1215 French Bill of Rights

French Declaration

In 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution, the National Constituent Assembly of France adopted the French 'Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, which, drawing upon the United States ideals of human rights, laid the foundation of human rights principles still valid in the present French Constitution. The French Declaration stated in its first two clauses: ´Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good. The aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.”