{"id":4439,"date":"2017-03-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/2025\/06\/21\/calonne-madame-si-cest-possible-cest-fait-impossible-cela-se-fera\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T09:16:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:16:22","slug":"calonne-madame-si-cest-possible-cest-fait-impossible-cela-se-fera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/calonne-madame-si-cest-possible-cest-fait-impossible-cela-se-fera\/","title":{"rendered":"Calonne : \u00ab Madame, si c&#039;est possible, c&#039;est fait ; impossible, cela se fera.\u00a0\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>La R\u00e9volution approche et beaucoup de signes annoncent cette fin de l\u2019Ancien R\u00e9gime, cependant que l\u2019aveuglement, l\u2019incomp\u00e9tence ou l\u2019impuissance du personnel politique nous frappe.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation\"><span class=\"enonce\">\u00ab\u00a0Madame, si c\u2019est possible, c\u2019est fait\u00a0; impossible, cela se fera.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"1233\" class=\"cit-num\">1233<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span data-href=\"\/auteurs\/charles-alexandre-de-calonne\"><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"name\"><span class=\"caps\">CALONNE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> (1734-1802), ministre des Finances r\u00e9pondant \u00e0 une demande de Marie-Antoinette, 1784<\/p>\n<p class=\"source\"><cite><span class=\"caps\">L\u2019A<\/span>ncien R\u00e9gime et la R\u00e9volution<\/cite> (1856), Alexis de Tocqueville.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nouveau prot\u00e9g\u00e9 de Vergennes qui fait office de Premier ministre, Calonne reste connu pour son laxisme. <\/p>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s son <em>Compte rendu au roi sur les finances de la nation<\/em>, qui fait conna\u00eetre le d\u00e9tail des pensions vers\u00e9es aux courtisans, Necker a gagn\u00e9 une grande popularit\u00e9 dans l\u2019opinion publique, mais perd son poste en mai\u00a01781. La valse des ministres continue\u2026 (au total, 14 noms en quinze ans).<\/p>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s deux \u00e9ph\u00e9m\u00e8res contr\u00f4leurs des Finances, Calonne, intendant de Flandre et d\u2019Artois, arrive en novembre\u00a01783\u00a0: intrigant et intelligent, s\u00e9ducteur et cynique, il cherche non pas \u00e0 faire des \u00e9conomies pour diminuer la dette, mais \u00e0 r\u00e9tablir le cr\u00e9dit de l\u2019\u00c9tat en inspirant confiance. On parlerait aujourd\u2019hui d\u2019une politique de relance quasi keyn\u00e9sienne, avec lancement de grands travaux publics. \u00c0 coup d\u2019emprunts et d\u2019exp\u00e9dients divers, il semble r\u00e9ussir\u00a0: on le surnomme l\u2019Enchanteur.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/indexation\/marie-antoinette\">Marie-Antoinette<\/a>, parlant plus tard de l\u2019\u00e9poque Calonne, dit\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Comment aurais-je pu me douter que les finances \u00e9taient en si mauvais \u00e9tat\u00a0? Quand je demandais cinquante mille livres, on m\u2019en apportait cent mille\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"panneau\">Toutes les citations qui suivent <br>sont comment\u00e9es dans nos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/boutique\">Chroniques.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Cela ressemble \u00e0 mes id\u00e9es [\u2026] comme un moulin \u00e0 vent ressemble \u00e0 la lune.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"1227\" class=\"cit-num\">1227<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">TURGOT<\/span> prenant connaissance du projet de Necker, f\u00e9vrier\u00a01778<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Deux ministres honn\u00eates et comp\u00e9tents, mais que tout oppose, caract\u00e8re, politique \u00e9conomique. De toute mani\u00e8re, la r\u00e9forme arrive trop tard.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Un Grand nous fait assez de bien quand il ne nous fait pas de mal.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"1215\" class=\"cit-num\">1215<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">BEAUMARCHAIS<\/span>, <em>Le Barbier de S\u00e9ville<\/em> (1775)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cette version du <em>Barbier<\/em> remporte un succ\u00e8s imm\u00e9diat\u00a0: premier acte th\u00e9\u00e2tral v\u00e9ritablement pr\u00e9r\u00e9volutionnaire, en attendant la suite, <em>Le Mariage<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0C\u2019est d\u00e9testable\u00a0! Cela ne sera jamais jou\u00e9\u00a0! [\u2026] Il faudrait d\u00e9truire la Bastille pour que la repr\u00e9sentation de la pi\u00e8ce ne f\u00fbt pas une incons\u00e9quence dangereuse.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"1234\" class=\"cit-num\">1234<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/indexation\/louis-xvi\"><span class=\"caps\">LOUIS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">XVI<\/span><\/a> qui vient de lire <em>Le Mariage de Figaro<\/em> avant sa cr\u00e9ation sur sc\u00e8ne<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mot malheureux, mais \u00ab\u00a0dr\u00f4le\u00a0\u00bb, avec le recul du temps et le triomphe de l\u2019\u0153uvre.<\/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>\u00a0 La R\u00e9volution approche et beaucoup de signes annoncent cette fin de l\u2019Ancien R\u00e9gime, cependant que l\u2019aveuglement, l\u2019incomp\u00e9tence ou l\u2019impuissance du personnel politique nous frappe. \u00ab\u00a0Madame, si c&#8217;est possible, c&#8217;est fait\u00a0; impossible, cela se fera.\u00a0\u00bb1233 CALONNE (1734-1802), ministre des Finances r\u00e9pondant \u00e0 une demande de Marie-Antoinette, 1784 L&#8217;Ancien R\u00e9gime et la R\u00e9volution (1856), Alexis de [&#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":27,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1827],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charles-alexandre-de-calonne-chronique-citation-du-jour-siecle-des-lumieres"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4439","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=4439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4440,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4439\/revisions\/4440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}