What is the origin of the terms "left-wing" and "right-wing"?

Question

And what did each group stand for?

Anybody done their homework?

The terms did in fact originate with the French Assembly but nobody went into detail into what they stood for.

The left-wing stood for the common man, democracy, and radicalism. The right-wing stood for the clergy, aristocracy, fuedalism, and the monarchy.

Answer 1

It has to do with what sides of the center aisle they sit on at the capitol building.

Answer 2

It is derived from the National Assembly of France. After the revolution, at the first assembly, the more liberal party members were seated on the president's left as he viewed the assembly, with the more consevative parties seated on the right. This arrangement gives a perspective of the political spectrum made up by the assembly.

Answer 3

Ecclesiastes 10:2New International Version (NIV)

2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right,
but the heart of the fool to the left.

Answer 4

I believe the right wing and left wing just represent where the two parties sit. Often you may hear politicians say, "our friends on the other side of the aisle," when refering to the other party.

Answer 5

the ultimate source is that politics, like anything, is measured in a bell-curve (like calculius).

The left wing and right wing of the curve represent extreemes, whilst the center represents the majority.

The ties to leftist and rightist is arbitray in its start, but has become dogmatic now.

Answer 6

French Revolution. Left being those that wanted change and the right were those that wanted to keep the status quo. It's been that way ever since.

Answer 7

left wing is the wing that fight for demcracy and the extreme right wing don't want it

Answer 8

First answer is correct,