t has been given to the same man, in time of a half century, to take an active part into four great events which have disrupted the world : The American Revolution, The 1789 French Revolution, The Fall of Napoléon and The Revolution of 1830"...

lafa.jpg (15447 octets) his man always aroused controversy, both envied and hated by his contemporaries, he was an obstinate republican, a fierce reformer and a very engaged idealist and humanist..

riginally, he created the famous "tricolor cockade" which became later the French national symbol. In 1789 he made adopted the first European Declaration of Human and Citizen rights :

"Nature made all human beings free and equal... All human beings are born with inalienable and impresciptible rights..."

In regards to this declaration he dedicate all his life to struggle for freedom and for the respect of human rights.

With passion and determination, he claimed :
- Freedom for oppressed people by absolute forms of governement,
- an entire freedom for protestant worship,
- the abolition of slavery,
- the establishment of a constitution respectfull of human rights...