Article 6 of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen defines liberty as the power which man has to do everything that does not harm the rights of others.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
The claim attributes the definition of liberty to Article 6 of the 1789 Declaration, but every provided copy of the Declaration gives Article 6 as the provision that law is the expression of the general will.
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… The Jew saw themselves both as separate and superior. They can't be given abstract rights; they're only granted privileges. Now Marx goes on to talk about the French Revolution and what a right might be. The French revolutionary doctrine says, in the Rights of Man, Article 6: Liberty is the power which man has to do everything that does not harm the rights of others, which is quite a defective view of, of what freedom is, but we take it for granted. I mean, Americans take it for granted today, just the absence of restraint. The truth is that that's the removal of Christian principles. …
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Contradicts. The official French text and multiple English translations of the 1789 Declaration give Article 6 as the law being the expression of the general will, with equal eligibility to public office, not a definition of liberty.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Contradicts. The Conseil constitutionnel decision also cites Article 6 solely for the principle that the law must be the same for all, whether it protects or punishes, which is inconsistent with Article 6 defining liberty.[8]
Context. The quoted sentence about liberty as the power to do whatever does not harm others is not reproduced in any provided source, so the sources neither confirm its article number nor its content under Article 6.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Sources
8 sources: 8 not rated
- 1Declaration of the Rights of man and the Citizenjustice.gc.ca · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 2archive.org › download › declaration-of-rights-of-man-and-citizen-france-1789Declaration of the Rights of Man (1789) - Archive.orgdn790000.ca.archive.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 3Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, 26 August 1789 ...revolution.chnm.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 4www.encyclopedia.com › history › legal-and-politicalDeclaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ...encyclopedia.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 5Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizenoll.libertyfund.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 6Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 7The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizenelysee.fr · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 8Decision no. 2010-3 QPC of 28 May 2010conseil-constitutionnel.fr · not rated · cited for: contradicts
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