The French were crucial to the victory of George Washington and the Americans against the British, lending vital military aid. The US constitution is based on the writings of French philosophers, and the French erected the Statue of Liberty. How come, despite this, the French are given no credit for anything by the average American, who only takes into account their surrender against the Germans, considering them cowards, and otherwise knowing next to little about France? Is this so easily forgotten? Arguably, without the French, the USA would not exist.

They are easier to become world masters. Why?

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They uses science and reason to lead the continued human progress.

Since you all seem to be Constitutional scholars you must be acutely aware of the influence Montesquieu and Rousseau had upon James Madison.

That France, the progressive leaders of the time, were the first to popularize concepts such as bicameral legislation, 3 part systems of government, private land ownership, government with the consent of the governed.

Of course John Locke (British) “the father of modern liberalism” deserves mention as well for his profound contributions.

And besides providing the philosophical framework for our Constitution they provided financial aid to this fledgling nation which allowed such radical ideas time to flourish.

So I ask you, how much do you epitomize these progressive forefathers of individual liberty?

As a side note, did it irritate you when Robert Ney (R-Ohio) and Walter Jones, Jr. (R-North Carolina) had the audacity to whip up all that anti-french sentiment during the lead up to the Iraq war?

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French Philosophers of the Eighteenth Century

From any time in history.
Rousseau
Barthes