Definitions
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- noun social and political equality
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Examples
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The expansion of the Nanny State, which eventually turns not into democracy, which was the goal of socialization and "egalite", but rather a docile and cowed populace the overlords treat as their wards and thus their .... children.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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Give us 'egalite': Inspired by Obama, leading French figures brandish anti-racist manifesto
ABC News: ABCNews 2008
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So we hope Le Huffington Post can help bring a little egalite to the world of French digital journalism, as well as make the site a destination for real and meaningful conversation.
Arianna Huffington: Bonjour, Paris: HuffPost and Le Monde Announce Le Huffington Post! Arianna Huffington 2011
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So we hope Le Huffington Post can help bring a little egalite to the world of French digital journalism, as well as make the site a destination for real and meaningful conversation.
Arianna Huffington: Bonjour, Paris: HuffPost and Le Monde Announce Le Huffington Post! Arianna Huffington 2011
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It is still fun, though, and listening to the French prime minister wax poetic about “liberte, egalite, fraternite” is inspiring.
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So we hope Le Huffington Post can help bring a little egalite to the world of French digital journalism, as well as make the site a destination for real and meaningful conversation.
Arianna Huffington: Bonjour, Paris: HuffPost and Le Monde Announce Le Huffington Post! Arianna Huffington 2011
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But in 1791, the slaves of Haiti took to heart the cry of liberte, egalite, fraternite, from their masters over the water and started their own revolution.
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It's madness that we are allowing mainstream media to lead the way in absorbing and coopting the principal elements of Jihadi propaganda and shoving them down our throats constantly - the only result of which is not the vaguest hint of the furthering of the purported ideals of, say, human rights, egalite and fraternite or the rights of the downtrodden masses.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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Guess we Americans are too focused on liberte, egalite, fraternite.
Carleton Bryant: French angry over McDonald's at Louvre 2009
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In these times, we must return to the idea of fraternity -- as in the French slogan "liberte, egalite, fraternite" -- as a force for moderating the danger inherent within freedom.
Yukio Hatoyama: Japan Must Shake Off U.S.-Style Globalization 2009
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