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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity Scripture Evelyn Waugh called it “theBy Fulton J. Sheen Liberty, equality, fraternity: slogan of the French Revolution and, in the words of R. H. Tawney, motto of a new world. In that new world three major systems bristle, each selecting its cornerstone from that motto. Liberalism, with its economic partner of capitalism, takes liberty; communism, equality; and Christianity, fraternity. The paradox of human affairs is that only Christianity, with its bonds of fraternal charity, makes