I believe in the all-wise and all-loving God, named by whatever name; and that individual's highest fulfillment, greatest happiness and widest usefulness are to be found in living in harmony with his will.
So I think it's wrong to lump Jefferson in to the fraternity, egalitarian notion of the French, which is far more similar to, to what ultimately became socialism and Marxism and kind of that tradition.
And as I heard that, you were actually the person I thought of because you have been such an advocate for and a spokesperson for the deepest concept of Christian love, of brotherhood, of humanity.
Peru's Congress recently declared Feb 1 as Peru-China Fraternity Day, and Chinese restaurants in Peru are called chifa, which is similar to the Chinese word chifan, meaning dining.
The values of Enlightenment started to shape political thought in France. Civil equality, fraternity, brotherhood, and other humane values started to emerge in the political stratosphere.
Meanwhile, urges toward liberty, fraternity, and equality were only growing in France, and it didn’t seem very equitable to grant citizenship based solely on race.