The power doing as one entertains, or a privilege or immunity granted by prescription or grant, is known as liberty.

Equality is ensuring that everyone has the same confidence to create the most out of their life and abilities.

A fraternity or sorority is a group of men or women who have come together to pursue shared aims and objectives.

The Enlightenment motto 'Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité' was first used during the French Revolution and is still used today. Despite being questioned several times, it was eventually formed under the Third Republic. It is currently part of the French historical identity, having been incorporated into the 1958 Constitution.

The concepts of 'liberty,' 'equality,' and 'fraternity,' which were first linked by François Fénelon at the end of the 1700s, grew in popularity throughout the Age of Enlightenment.

One of the many mottos adopted during the French Revolution was 'Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity.' In a December 1790 speech on the founding of the National Guards, Maximilien Robespierre advocated that the slogans 'The French People' and 'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity' be embroidered on uniforms and flags, but his plan was rejected.

From 1793 onwards, Parisians painted the following phrases on the fronts of their houses, which were quickly copied by residents of other cities: 'Unity, the indivisibility of the Republic; liberty, equality, or death.' However, they were quickly told that the phrase's final component was too strongly linked with the Reign of Terror and that it needed to be removed.

Like many revolutionary emblems, the phrase went out of favor throughout the Empire. It resurfaced in 1848, this time with a spiritual overtone: priests honored the 'Christ-Fraternité' and praised the liberty trees that had been planted at the time. The slogan 'Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity' was specified as a 'principle' of the Republic when the Constitution of 1848 was created.

The slogan was reintroduced under the Third Republic, even though some individuals, even Republic supporters, argued against it: solidarity was sometimes preferred to equality, which meant a balancing of society, and Fraternity as a religious concept was not widely recognized.

On the occasion of the 14 July 1880 commemoration, the phrase was re-inscribed on the ledges of municipal spaces. It exists in the 1946 and 1958 constitutions and is now a part of the greater history. It can be found on products like coins and postal stamps that are utilized by the general population.