五届人大五次会议审议通过的新宪法,恢复了一九五四年宪法关于公民在法律面前一律平等的规定。公民在法律面前一律平等,是社会主义法制的一条基本原则。最早提出“法律面前人人平等”的口号是古希腊著名的政治家伯里克利斯,他在一次演说中这样讲道:“解决私人争执的时候,每个人在法律上都是平等的。”我国古代也 The new Constitution considered and passed at the Fifth Session of the Fifth National People’s Congress restored the 1954 Constitution’s stipulation that all citizens should be equal before the law. Citizens are equal before the law and are a basic principle of the socialist legal system. The slogan of “equality before the law” was first put forward by Pericles, a famous ancient Greek politician. He said in a speech: “Everyone is legally equal when it comes to settling private disputes.” Ancient China also