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Symbols such as the Guillotine represent the bloody French Revolution. During the "Reign of Terror", 1793–94, an estimated 40,000 were Guillotined. The motto for the French revolution proclaims "liberty, equality and fraternity, (i.e., egalitarianism)" with rights and justice not even mentioned. While the American Revolution gave primacy to Liberty over Equality, the French Revolution gave primacy to Equality over Liberty.

⁠— Armon Eaton