{"id":10779,"date":"2025-09-22T07:33:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T05:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/premiere-guerre-mondiale\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T07:33:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T05:33:28","slug":"premiere-guerre-mondiale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/premiere-guerre-mondiale\/","title":{"rendered":"Premi\u00e8re Guerre mondiale"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00ab\u00a0Le tirailleur s\u00e9n\u00e9galais est un merveilleux mercenaire, puisqu\u2019il a la vraie qualit\u00e9 du soldat, celle qui prime tout\u00a0: l\u2019aptitude \u00e0 se faire tuer.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

L\u2019\u00c9cho d\u2019Oran<\/cite>, 25 d\u00e9cembre 1910<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Depuis quelque temps, c\u2019est du d\u00e9lire\u00a0! \/ En Europe, il se fait un boucan\u00a0!\u00c7a n\u2019est pas tr\u00e8s dr\u00f4le et je peux dire \/ Que nous dansons sur un volcan.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Victor <\/span>TOURTAL<\/span><\/span> (1862-1917), Le Conflit europ\u00e9en<\/cite>, chanson<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Il ne suffit pas d\u2019\u00eatre des h\u00e9ros. Nous voulons \u00eatre des vainqueurs.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Georges <\/span>CLEMENCEAU<\/span><\/span> (1841-1929), L\u2019Homme libre<\/cite>, 15\u00a0juillet 1914<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0C\u2019est la plus monumentale \u00e2nerie que le monde ait jamais faite.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Mar\u00e9chal <\/span>LYAUTEY<\/span><\/span> (1854-1934)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0La guerre, l\u2019art de tuer en grand et de faire avec gloire ce qui, fait en petit, conduit \u00e0 la potence.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Jean-Henri <\/span>FABRE<\/span><\/span> (1823-1915), Souvenirs entomologiques<\/cite> (posthume, 1898)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Pourvu que les civils tiennent\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Jean-Louis <\/span>FORAIN<\/span><\/span> (1852-1931), l\u00e9gende d\u2019une caricature<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Que ceux d\u00e9j\u00e0 qui m\u2019en veulent se repr\u00e9sentent ce que fut la guerre pour tant de tr\u00e8s jeunes gar\u00e7ons\u00a0: quatre ans de grandes vacances.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Raymond <\/span>RADIGUET<\/span><\/span> (1903-1923), Le Diable au corps<\/cite> (1923)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Ah Dieu\u00a0! que la guerre est jolieAvec ses chants, ses longs loisirs.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Guillaume <\/span>APOLLINAIRE<\/span><\/span> (1880-1918), Calligrammes<\/cite>, \u00ab\u00a0L\u2019Adieu du cavalier\u00a0\u00bb (1918)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0La guerre [\u2026] Je vois des ruines, de la boue, des files d\u2019hommes fourbus, des bistrots o\u00f9 l\u2019on se bat pour des litres de vin, des gendarmes aux aguets, des troncs d\u2019arbres d\u00e9chiquet\u00e9s et des croix de bois, des croix, des croix.\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\u00a0Ce ne sont pas des soldats\u00a0: ce sont des hommes. Ce ne sont pas des aventuriers, des guerriers, faits pour la boucherie humaine [\u2026] Ce sont des laboureurs et des ouvriers qu\u2019on reconna\u00eet dans leurs uniformes. Ce sont des civils d\u00e9racin\u00e9s.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Henri <\/span>BARBUSSE<\/span><\/span> (1873-1935), Le Feu, journal d\u2019une escouade<\/cite> (1916)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0J\u2019admire les poilus de la Grande Guerre et je leur en veux un petit peu. Car ils m\u2019eussent, si c\u2019\u00e9tait possible, r\u00e9concili\u00e9 avec les hommes, en me donnant de l\u2019humanit\u00e9 une id\u00e9e meilleure\u2026 donc fausse\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Georges <\/span>COURTELINE<\/span><\/span> (1858-1929), La Philosophie de Georges Courteline<\/cite> (1929)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0La guerre\u00a0! C\u2019est une chose trop grave pour la confier \u00e0 des militaires.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Georges <\/span>CLEMENCEAU<\/span><\/span> (1841-1929)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0La mobilisation n\u2019est pas la guerre.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Raymond <\/span>POINCAR\u00c9<\/span><\/span> (1860-1934), Appel au pays, 1er<\/sup>\u00a0ao\u00fbt 1914<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Je tordrai les Boches avant deux mois.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Mar\u00e9chal <\/span>JOFFRE<\/span><\/span> (1852-1931), ao\u00fbt\u00a01914<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0La m\u00e9prisable petite arm\u00e9e du g\u00e9n\u00e9ral French.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

GUILLAUME\u00a0II<\/span><\/span> (1859-1941), Ordre du jour \u00e0 Aix-la-Chapelle, 19\u00a0ao\u00fbt 1914<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Heureux ceux qui sont morts dans une juste guerre\u00a0!Heureux les \u00e9pis m\u00fbrs et les bl\u00e9s moissonn\u00e9s\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Charles <\/span>P\u00c9GUY<\/span><\/span> (1873-1914), \u00c8ve<\/cite> (1914)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Une troupe qui ne peut plus avancer devra co\u00fbte que co\u00fbte garder le terrain conquis et se faire tuer sur place plut\u00f4t que de reculer.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Mar\u00e9chal <\/span>JOFFRE<\/span><\/span> (1852-1931), Proclamation du 6\u00a0septembre 1914<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Mon centre c\u00e8de, ma droite recule, situation excellente, j\u2019attaque.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Ferdinand <\/span>FOCH<\/span><\/span> (1851-1929), Message au GQG (Grand Quartier G\u00e9n\u00e9ral), pendant la premi\u00e8re bataille de la Marne, du 6 au 9\u00a0septembre 1914<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Debout les morts\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Jacques <\/span>P\u00c9RICARD<\/span><\/span> (1876-1944) du 95e<\/sup> RI (r\u00e9giment d\u2019infanterie), 8\u00a0avril 1915<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Verdun est le c\u0153ur de la France.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

GUILLAUME\u00a0II<\/span><\/span> (1859-1941), empereur d\u2019Allemagne, 14\u00a0f\u00e9vrier 1916<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Ils ne passeront pas.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

D\u00e9fi des Fran\u00e7ais face aux Allemands, \u00e0 Verdun<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Courage\u00a0! On les aura\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Philippe <\/span>P\u00c9TAIN<\/span><\/span> (1856-1951), derniers mots de l\u2019Ordre du jour r\u00e9dig\u00e9 le 10\u00a0avril 1916<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Ceux qu\u2019ont l\u2019pognon, ceux-l\u00e0 r\u2019viendront,Car c\u2019est pour eux qu\u2019on cr\u00e8ve.Mais c\u2019est fini, car les trouffionsVont tous se mettre en gr\u00e8ve\u2026\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

La Chanson de Craonne<\/cite>, printemps 1917<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0L\u2019artillerie conquiert, l\u2019infanterie occupe.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Philippe <\/span>P\u00c9TAIN<\/span><\/span> (1856-1951)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0La Fayette, nous voici\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Colonel Charles E. <\/span>STANTON<\/span><\/span> (1859-1933), Cimeti\u00e8re de Picpus (Paris), 4\u00a0juillet 1917.
\u00c9galement attribu\u00e9 au John J. <\/span>PERSHING<\/span><\/span> (1860-1948)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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