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The object of all union of men in society being maintenance of their natural rights, civil and political, these rights are the basis of the social pact: their recognition and their declaration ought to precede the Constitution which assures their guarantee.
The natural rights of men, civil and political, are liberty, equality, security, property, social protection, and resistance to oppression.