"After the 'Dreyfus affair,' which polarized French opinion of the right and left, Maurras became an ardent monarchist. In June 1899 he was one of the founders of L'Action française, a review devoted to integral nationalism, which emphasized the supremacy of the state and the national interests of France; promoted the notion of a national community based on 'blood and soil'; and opposed the French Revolutionary ideals of liberté, égalité, and fraternité ('liberty,' 'equality,' and 'fraternity')..."
—Charles Maurras. 2015. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 02 August, 2015, from http://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Maurras
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