In 1839, the philosopher Pierre Leroux claimed it had been an anonymous and popular creation.
It was modified to 'Unity, indivisibility of the Republic liberty, equality, brotherhood or death' ( French: Unité, Indivisibilité de la République Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité ou la mort) and suggested by a resolution of the Paris Commune (of which Momoro was elected member by his section du Théâtre-Français) on 29 June 1793 to be inscribed on Parisian house-fronts and imitated by the inhabitants of other cities. Maximilien Robespierre, 1790 Ĭredit for the motto has been given also to Antoine-François Momoro (1756–1794), a Parisian printer and Hébertist organizer, though in different context of foreign invasion and Federalist revolts in 1793,
