The style of the document itself stems from a Liberal tradition; it is very similar to the proclamation of rights of the French and American revolution, as well as the United Nations declaration of human rights [92]. A large reason for this similarity was that, rather than outline policy, it exclaimed principles “like a political psalm” (92). The opening is also very reminscent of these documents, and has a very Liberal and democratic focus, rather than a Marxist one: “South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, and [...] no government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of the people” (92).