{"id":10617,"date":"2025-09-22T07:31:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T05:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/demographie\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T07:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T05:31:53","slug":"demographie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/demographie\/","title":{"rendered":"d\u00e9mographie"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00c9tude de la population\u00a0: natalit\u00e9, mortalit\u00e9, migration. Science humaine r\u00e9cente et parente de l\u2019\u00e9conomie, la sociologie et la g\u00e9ographie, la d\u00e9mographie fait couple avec l\u2019histoire depuis les origines, particuli\u00e8rement lors des guerres.<\/p>\n

Cliquez sur une citation pour la consulter dans son contexte historique.Retour \u00e0 l\u2019index<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Le peuple par la longueur de la paix est tant multipli\u00e9.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Claude de <\/span>SEYSSEL<\/span><\/span> (vers 1450-1520)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0La Ligue nous a r\u00e9duits non \u00e0 la pauvret\u00e9, mais \u00e0 la mendicit\u00e9.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00c9tienne <\/span>PASQUIER<\/span><\/span> (1529-1615), Les Recherches de la France<\/cite> (1633)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0La France, le plus beau royaume apr\u00e8s celui du Ciel.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Hugo <\/span>GROTIUS<\/span><\/span> (1583-1645), \u00c9p\u00eetre d\u00e9dicatrice. De jure belli ac pacis<\/cite> (1625)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Ces agitations terribles avant et apr\u00e8s ma majorit\u00e9, une guerre \u00e9trang\u00e8re o\u00f9 les troubles domestiques firent perdre \u00e0 la France mille et mille avantages, un prince de mon sang et d\u2019un tr\u00e8s grand nom [Cond\u00e9] \u00e0 la t\u00eate de mes ennemis.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

LOUIS XIV<\/span><\/span> (1638-1715), M\u00e9moires pour l\u2019instruction du Dauphin<\/cite> (1662)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Du temps de la Fronde, Paris n\u2019est encore que la plus grande ville de France. En 1789, il est d\u00e9j\u00e0 la France m\u00eame.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Alexis de <\/span>TOCQUEVILLE<\/span><\/span> (1805-1859), L\u2019Ancien R\u00e9gime et la R\u00e9volution<\/cite> (1856)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0100\u00a0000 Fran\u00e7ais chass\u00e9s \u00e0 la fin du XVIIe\u00a0si\u00e8cle, 120\u00a0000 Fran\u00e7ais chass\u00e9s \u00e0 la fin du XVIIIe\u00a0si\u00e8cle, voil\u00e0 comment la d\u00e9mocratie intol\u00e9rante ach\u00e8ve l\u2019\u0153uvre de la monarchie intol\u00e9rante.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Jules <\/span>MICHELET<\/span><\/span> (1798-1874), Histoire de la R\u00e9volution fran\u00e7aise<\/cite> (1847-1853)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Les brigands dirent, en entrant chez moi\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0O\u00f9 est-il, ce grand homme\u00a0? Nous venons le raccourcir.\u00a0\u00bb C\u2019est un des caract\u00e8res de la R\u00e9volution que ce m\u00e9lange de plaisanterie et de f\u00e9rocit\u00e9.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

RIVAROL<\/span><\/span> (1753-1801), Lettre, 12\u00a0mai 1797<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Il faut que Paris soit r\u00e9duit \u00e0 un quatre-vingt-troisi\u00e8me d\u2019influence comme chacun des autres d\u00e9partements.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Marie David Albin <\/span>LASOURCE<\/span><\/span> (1763-1793), d\u00e9put\u00e9 du Tarn, Convention, 25\u00a0septembre 1792<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0La mode est maintenant de rentrer, comme jadis de sortir.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Comte de <\/span>NEUILLY<\/span><\/span> (1777-1863), Dix ann\u00e9es d\u2019\u00e9migration<\/cite>, Souvenirs et correspondance (posthume, 1865)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Il faut que, pour ce qui regarde la France, la Suisse soit fran\u00e7aise comme tous les pays qui confinent \u00e0 la France.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Napol\u00e9on <\/span>BONAPARTE<\/span><\/span> (1769-1821), Allocution aux cinq d\u00e9put\u00e9s de la Suisse \u00e0 Saint-Cloud, 11\u00a0d\u00e9cembre 1802<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Il [Napol\u00e9on] est le Souverain de l\u2019Europe.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

METTERNICH<\/span><\/span> (1773-1859), 1809<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Il faut que je fasse de tous les peuples de l\u2019Europe un m\u00eame peuple et de Paris la capitale du monde.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

NAPOL\u00c9ON\u00a0Ier<\/sup><\/span><\/span> (1769-1821), fin 1810, \u00e0 son ministre Fouch\u00e9<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Le chol\u00e9ra-blocus a succ\u00e9d\u00e9 au chol\u00e9ra-morbus.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Journaux d\u2019opposition<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0L\u2019agriculture manque de bras.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Alphonse Valentin Vaysse de <\/span>RAINNEVILLE<\/span><\/span> (1798-1864), Rapport au ministre de l\u2019Agriculture<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab La France, dit l\u2019Almanach imp\u00e9rial, contient trente-six millions de sujets, sans compter les sujets de m\u00e9contentement. \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Henri <\/span>ROCHEFORT<\/span><\/span> (1831-1913), La Lanterne<\/cite>, 1er<\/sup>\u00a0juin 1868<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Le soldat n\u2019habitue pas son \u00e2me \u00e0 un m\u00e9tier qu\u2019il va quitter.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Adolphe <\/span>THIERS<\/span><\/span> (1797-1877)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Je trouve que c\u2019est une victoire, parce que j\u2019en suis sorti vivant.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Roland <\/span>DORGEL\u00c8S<\/span><\/span> (1885-1973), Les Croix de bois<\/cite> (1919)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Le Fran\u00e7ais se fait rare.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Jean <\/span>GIRAUDOUX<\/span><\/span> (1882-1944), 1939<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0\u00catre patriote, et \u00eatre Fran\u00e7ais, en 1932, c\u2019est vivre crucifi\u00e9. La France est en pleine d\u00e9composition.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Henry Millon de <\/span>MONTHERLANT<\/span><\/span> (1895-1972), Carnets, 1930-1944<\/cite> (1957)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0La France est divis\u00e9e en quarante-trois millions de Fran\u00e7ais. La France est le seul pays du monde o\u00f9, si vous ajoutez dix citoyens \u00e0 dix autres, vous ne faites pas une addition, mais vingt divisions.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Pierre <\/span>DANINOS<\/span><\/span> (1913-2005), Les Carnets du major Thomson<\/cite> (1954)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0La France a gagn\u00e9 la bataille de la natalit\u00e9 en 1946, sans y gagner celle de la jeunesse et de la vie.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Alfred <\/span>SAUVY<\/span><\/span> (1898-1990)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0L\u2019extr\u00eame droite, ce sont de fausses r\u00e9ponses \u00e0 de vraies questions.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Laurent <\/span>FABIUS<\/span><\/span> (n\u00e9 en 1946), \u00e9mission \u00ab\u00a0L\u2019Heure de v\u00e9rit\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb, Antenne 2, 5\u00a0septembre 1984<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Nous ne pouvons pas h\u00e9berger en France toute la mis\u00e8re du monde.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Michel <\/span>ROCARD<\/span><\/span> (1930-2016), \u00e9mission \u00ab\u00a07 sur 7\u00a0\u00bb, TF1, 3\u00a0d\u00e9cembre 1989<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0NON.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

R\u00e9ponse au r\u00e9f\u00e9rendum fran\u00e7ais sur le Trait\u00e9 constitutionnel europ\u00e9en, 29\u00a0mai 2005<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n