{"id":14519,"date":"2025-11-16T10:09:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T09:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/mots-5\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T08:50:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T07:50:11","slug":"mots-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/mots-5\/","title":{"rendered":"mot(s)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mot cl\u00e9, mais aussi mot th\u00e8me. \u201c\u00a0Mot\u00a0\u201d peut \u00eatre synonyme de citation et un bon mot est une citation r\u00e9ussie. Voici une s\u00e9lection (best of).<\/p>\n

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

Affichage de 101 \u2013 125 sur 160. <\/p><\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Que d\u2019eau, que d\u2019eau\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

MAC-MAHON<\/span><\/span> (1808-1893) \u00e0 la vue des inondations catastrophiques, Toulouse, 26\u00a0juin\u00a01875<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Messieurs, la s\u00e9ance continue\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Charles-Alexandre <\/span>DUPUY<\/span><\/span> (1851-1923), Chambre des d\u00e9put\u00e9s, 9\u00a0d\u00e9cembre 1893<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Laissons au coq gaulois ces sables \u00e0 gratter.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Marquis de <\/span>SALISBURY<\/span><\/span> (1830-1903), Premier ministre anglais, 21\u00a0mars 1899<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Ils m\u2019ont \u00e9trangl\u00e9 avec la cravate.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Cl\u00e9ment <\/span>ADER<\/span><\/span> (1841-1925)<\/p>\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<\/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<\/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<\/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<\/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<\/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<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0La France est la fronti\u00e8re de la libert\u00e9.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Georges <\/span>CLEMENCEAU<\/span><\/span> (1841-1929) citant ce cri de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique tant esp\u00e9r\u00e9e<\/p>\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<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Nous voulons vaincre pour \u00eatre justes.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Georges <\/span>CLEMENCEAU<\/span><\/span> (1841-1929), Chambre des d\u00e9put\u00e9s, D\u00e9claration minist\u00e9rielle du 20\u00a0novembre 1917<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0L\u2019Allemagne peut \u00eatre battue, l\u2019Allemagne doit \u00eatre battue, l\u2019Allemagne sera battue.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

John J. <\/span>PERSHING<\/span><\/span> (1860-1948), au g\u00e9n\u00e9ralissime Foch<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Honneur \u00e0 nos grands morts [\u2026] Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 eux, la France, hier soldat de Dieu, aujourd\u2019hui soldat de l\u2019humanit\u00e9, sera toujours soldat de l\u2019id\u00e9al.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Georges <\/span>CLEMENCEAU<\/span><\/span> (1841-1929), Discours \u00e9crit et parl\u00e9 \u00e0 la Chambre des d\u00e9put\u00e9s, 11\u00a0novembre 1918<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Il est plus facile de faire la guerre que la paix.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Georges <\/span>CLEMENCEAU<\/span><\/span> (1841-1929), Discours de Verdun, 14\u00a0juillet 1919<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Les banques, je les ferme, les banquiers, je les enferme.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Vincent <\/span>AURIOL<\/span><\/span> (1884-1966), ministre des Finances, Front Populaire, 1936<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Il faut savoir terminer une gr\u00e8ve.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Maurice <\/span>THOREZ<\/span><\/span> (1900-1964), secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral du PCF, D\u00e9claration du 11\u00a0juin 1936<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Spirituellement, nous sommes des S\u00e9mites.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

PIE XI<\/span><\/span> (1857-1939), 6\u00a0septembre 1938<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0J\u2019aime la France comme ma m\u00e8re, mais ma m\u00e8re ne voudrait pas que je meure, f\u00fbt-ce pour elle.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Henri <\/span>JEANSON<\/span><\/span> (1900-1970)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0La vieillesse est un naufrage. Pour que rien ne nous f\u00fbt \u00e9pargn\u00e9, la vieillesse du mar\u00e9chal P\u00e9tain allait s\u2019identifier avec le naufrage de la France.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Charles de <\/span>GAULLE<\/span><\/span> (1890-1970), M\u00e9moires de guerre<\/cite>, tome\u00a0I, L\u2019Appel, 1940-1942<\/cite> (1954)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Un fou a dit \u00ab\u00a0Moi, la France\u00a0\u00bb et personne n\u2019a ri parce que c\u2019\u00e9tait vrai.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Fran\u00e7ois <\/span>MAURIAC<\/span><\/span> (1885-1970)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Toute ma vie, je me suis fait une certaine id\u00e9e de la France. Le sentiment me l\u2019inspire aussi bien que la raison.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Charles de <\/span>GAULLE<\/span><\/span> (1890-1970), M\u00e9moires de guerre<\/cite>, tome\u00a0I, L\u2019Appel, 1940-1942<\/cite> (1954)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0La guerre commence infiniment mal. Il faut donc qu\u2019elle continue.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Charles de <\/span>GAULLE<\/span><\/span> (1890-1970), M\u00e9moires de guerre<\/cite>, tome\u00a0I, L\u2019Appel, 1940-1942<\/cite> (1954)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Puisque ceux qui avaient le devoir de manier l\u2019\u00e9p\u00e9e de la France l\u2019ont laiss\u00e9 tomber bris\u00e9e, moi, j\u2019ai ramass\u00e9 le tron\u00e7on du glaive.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Charles de <\/span>GAULLE<\/span><\/span> (1890-1970), Allocution \u00e0 la BBC, 13\u00a0juillet 1940<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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