Liberty, Equality, Fraternity Connolly a man like Bernanos is

a man like Bernanos is free

inasmuch as it is connected with the word as the expression and realization of man in the world

And of that there is no fame or glory

Heir to one of Rome’s oldest and greatest families

First published in 1933 in collaboration with Claudel’s friend and colleague Monsignor John O’Connor

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity Connolly a man like Bernanos isBy 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