{"id":2462,"date":"2015-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/2025\/06\/19\/ils-veulent-etre-libres-mais-ils-ne-savent-pas\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T09:15:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:15:18","slug":"ils-veulent-etre-libres-mais-ils-ne-savent-pas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/ils-veulent-etre-libres-mais-ils-ne-savent-pas\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00ab Ils veulent \u00eatre libres, mais ils ne savent pas&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/sieyes_citations.jpg\" alt=\"Siey\u00e8s citations\" title=\"Siey\u00e8s citations\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" width=\"220\" height=\"289\"><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation\"><span class=\"enonce\">\u00ab\u00a0Ils veulent \u00eatre libres, mais ils ne savent pas \u00eatre justes.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span data-href=\"\/auteurs\/abbe-sieyes\"><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"surname\">Abb\u00e9 <\/span><span class=\"name\"><span class=\"caps\">SIEY\u00c8S<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> (1748-1836), <cite>Constituante<\/cite>, 10\u00a0ao\u00fbt 1789<\/p>\n<p class=\"source\"><cite>Encyclop\u00e9die Larousse<\/cite>, article \u00ab\u00a0Emmanuel Joseph Siey\u00e8s\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ressi\">Il s\u2019oppose \u00e0 la suppression sans rachat des d\u00eemes eccl\u00e9siastiques, consid\u00e9rant que c\u2019est une spoliation. Cet abb\u00e9 sans vocation religieuse, lecteur fervent des philosophes, c\u00e9l\u00e8bre par sa brochure <em class=\"temp\">Qu\u2019est-ce que le tiers \u00e9tat\u00a0?<\/em>, \u00e9lu d\u00e9put\u00e9 du tiers, n\u2019est qu\u2019au d\u00e9but d\u2019une longue carri\u00e8re politique, en ces temps o\u00f9 la chose est rare.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0J\u2019ai v\u00e9cu.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><em>Encyclop\u00e9die Larousse<\/em>, article \u00ab\u00a0Emmanuel Joseph Siey\u00e8s\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ressi\">R\u00e9ponse \u00e0 qui lui demandait bien plus tard ce qu\u2019il avait fait sous la Terreur.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ressi\">La vie ne tenait qu\u2019\u00e0 un fil \u2013 hasard ou destin. Siey\u00e8s, \u00e2g\u00e9, s\u2019en souvient encore, sous la Monarchie de Juillet. Homme de premier plan \u00e0 la Constituante, r\u00e9dacteur du serment du Jeu de paume et de la Constitution, monarchiste constitutionnel qui vota cependant la mort du roi en janvier 1793, l\u2019abb\u00e9 Siey\u00e8s se fait oublier, quand la Convention devient montagnarde, effray\u00e9 du tour pris par les \u00e9v\u00e9nements. Robespierre le d\u00e9teste et l\u2019appelle \u00ab\u00a0la taupe de la r\u00e9volution\u00a0\u00bb. Pendant la Terreur, la taupe se terre dans son trou, et survit. On retrouvera l\u2019abb\u00e9 Siey\u00e8s tr\u00e8s actif, sous le Directoire, le Consulat, l\u2019Empire.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Tous les membres de cette Assembl\u00e9e pr\u00eateront serment de ne jamais se s\u00e9parer et de se rassembler partout o\u00f9 les circonstances l\u2019exigeront, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 ce que la Constitution du royaume soit \u00e9tablie et affermie sur des fondements solides.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Jean-Baptiste-Pierre <span class=\"caps\">BEVI\u00c8RE<\/span> (1723-1807), Jean-Joseph <span class=\"caps\">MOUNIER<\/span> (1758-1806) et l\u2019abb\u00e9 <span class=\"caps\">SIEY\u00c8S<\/span> (1748-1836), Serment du Jeu de Paume, 20 juin 1789<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ressi\">Texte \u00e9crit sur proposition de Mounier, r\u00e9dig\u00e9 par Bevi\u00e8re, aid\u00e9 de Siey\u00e8s. Et lu par Jean-Sylvain Bailly, pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e nationale, premier \u00e0 pr\u00eater ce serment solennel qui sera tenu, dans la tourmente des \u00e9v\u00e9nements \u00e0 venir.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ressi\">La salle du Jeu de paume sert de refuge aux d\u00e9put\u00e9s, refoul\u00e9s sur ordre du roi mena\u00e7ant de casser les d\u00e9lib\u00e9rations du tiers devenu Assembl\u00e9e nationale, et qui a en cons\u00e9quence fait fermer la salle des Menus-Plaisirs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ressi\">Ce serment, d\u00e9pourvu de valeur juridique, a une port\u00e9e symbolique consid\u00e9rable\u00a0: il bafoue publiquement la volont\u00e9 du roi, qui doit r\u00e9agir \u00e0 l\u2019affront. Ce qu\u2019il va faire, trois jours plus tard. Il d\u00e9cide de faire \u00e9vacuer la salle du Jeu de paume, pour disperser les d\u00e9put\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ressi\">\u00a0<a title=\"Chronique R\u00e9volution citations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/boutique\/volume-5\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/histoire-en-citations-volume-5-5.jpg\" alt=\"Chronique R\u00e9volution citations\" title=\"Chronique R\u00e9volution citations\" style=\"float: left;margin: 10px\" width=\"165\" height=\"220\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ressi\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ressi\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ressi\">\u00a0<a title=\"Chronique R\u00e9volution citations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/boutique\/volume-5\" target=\"_blank\">Feuilletez notre Chronique sur la R\u00e9volution pour tout savoir<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ressi\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ressi\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ressi\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\r\n        a .cit-num {\r\n            text-decoration: none !important;\r\n            color: inherit !important;\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ab\u00a0Ils veulent \u00eatre libres, mais ils ne savent pas \u00eatre justes.\u00a0\u00bb Abb\u00e9 SIEY\u00c8S (1748-1836), Constituante, 10\u00a0ao\u00fbt 1789 Encyclop\u00e9die Larousse, article \u00ab\u00a0Emmanuel Joseph Siey\u00e8s\u00a0\u00bb. Il s&#8217;oppose \u00e0 la suppression sans rachat des d\u00eemes eccl\u00e9siastiques, consid\u00e9rant que c&#8217;est une spoliation. Cet abb\u00e9 sans vocation religieuse, lecteur fervent des philosophes, c\u00e9l\u00e8bre par sa brochure Qu&#8217;est-ce que le tiers [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"iawp_total_views":19,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1463],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abbe-sieyes-chronique-citation-du-jour-revolution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2465,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462\/revisions\/2465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}