The Rights of Man document stated that one of the inalienable and most basic rights of men was the right to freedom of speech. Governments today, such as China, also agree with the principle of freedom of speech yet they do not practice the right. The statement of free speech has been defined in many documents, including the United States Constitution. The declaration was redefined in the French Constitution of 1958. The right of freedom of speech is an important right for everyone.
Freedom of speech gives people the chance to speak up for their rights and beliefs.
Freedom of speech was especially important to the French Revolutionaries of the eighteenth century. After declaring their freedom of speech, the Revolutionaries were able to spread the beliefs they held to the other citizens. Doing so helped Revolutionaries rally the support they needed. The Declaration allowed peasants the ability to declare what they wanted. Unfortunately declaration did not survive in the late seventeen hundreds.