Word: egalit
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...racial and religious discrimination were rife - from the colonial era to cooperation with Nazi occupiers. The 2005 rioting that spread across France's suburban housing projects - and the international media attention that it drew - provided another reminder that something was seriously wrong in the land of fraternité et egalité. That unrest seems to have finally provoked a period of soul searching in France...
...using Liechtenstein like a whetstone to sharpen her claws." Günther Fritz, Vaterland's editor-in-chief, says, "We're not a very patriotic people, but under pressure from Germany, everyone is banding together." Bankgeheimnis - bank secrecy - may not stir the human soul the way liberté, egalité, fraternité does, but it seems to work in Liechtenstein...
...Surprisingly to some, the most striking comments Sarkozy had upon arrival Monday night had to do with France's own colonial past, which he said was "profoundly unjust, [and] contrary to the three founding words of our republic: liberté, egalité, franternité". The view reversed Sarkozy's attitudes before becoming President, when he raised hackles in Algeria with his mocking disdain of what he has called the "detestable fashion of repentance" of French politicians, such as his predecessor, for alleged injustices inflicted during France's colonial period. After earlier acknowledging the role of the French state...
...levels in France are trained in the best schools, which are out of the reach of the underprivileged class, regardless of race or religion. But intelligence is unrelated to class. France, a nation that prides itself on its respect for human rights, should embrace the ideals of Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité and give up sermonizing. Didier Braun Antony, France Can you imagine any Canadian cabinet minister going to a riot-torn area and calling the residents "scum," as France's Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy did? That should be political suicide, but Sarkozy got away with...
...levels in France are trained in the best schools, which are out of the reach of the underprivileged class, regardless of race or religion. But intelligence is unrelated to class. France, a nation that prides itself on its respect for human rights, should embrace the ideals of Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité and give up sermonizing. Didier Braun Antony, France Can you imagine any Canadian cabinet minister going to a riot-torn area and calling the residents "scum," as France's Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy did? That should be political suicide, but Sarkozy got away with...