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It passed into other constitutions, and Napoleon, who so often trampled on the rights of Equality, dictated to the Poles the declaration, that all persons are equal before the law.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It passed into other constitutions, and Napoleon, who so often trampled on the rights of Equality, dictated to the Poles…”
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Sumner notes that even Napoleon, despite his actions against equality, acknowledged the principle that all individuals are equal before the law.
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