{"id":4486,"date":"2017-03-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/2025\/06\/21\/napoleon-ier-la-haute-politique-nest-que-le-bon-sens-applique-aux-grandes-choses\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T09:16:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:16:22","slug":"napoleon-ier-la-haute-politique-nest-que-le-bon-sens-applique-aux-grandes-choses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/napoleon-ier-la-haute-politique-nest-que-le-bon-sens-applique-aux-grandes-choses\/","title":{"rendered":"Napol\u00e9on Ier : \u00ab La haute politique n&#039;est que le bon sens appliqu\u00e9 aux grandes choses.\u00a0\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Le printemps sera politique. L\u2019Histoire en citations va \u00ab\u00a0coller \u00e0 l\u2019actu\u00a0\u00bb, tout en donnant des rep\u00e8res. Au programme\u00a0: opinion publique, partis politiques, d\u00e9mocratie, gauche, droite, centre et extr\u00eames\u2026 \u00e9lections, citoyens, Pr\u00e9sident, d\u00e9put\u00e9s, etc. Cette semaine, parlons Politique. Passion fran\u00e7aise et mot-cl\u00e9 historique.\u00c0 tout seigneur tout honneur, l\u2019empereur bat le record du nombre de citations dans notre Histoire. Redonnons la parole \u00e0 Napol\u00e9on qui parle politique avec une rare franchise. \u00ab\u00a0La haute politique n\u2019est que le bon sens appliqu\u00e9 aux grandes choses.\u00a0\u00bb1772 NAPOL\u00c9ON\u00a0Ier (1769-1821), Maximes et pens\u00e9es Histoire du Consulat et de l\u2019Empire (1937-1953), Louis Madelin.  Pragmatisme \u00e9vident, maintes fois confess\u00e9 dans sa politique religieuse. Mais l\u2019empereur dit aussi\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0En politique, une absurdit\u00e9 n\u2019est pas un obstacle.\u00a0\u00bb Et d\u2019ajouter\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Lorsqu\u2019on s\u2019est tromp\u00e9, il faut pers\u00e9v\u00e9rer\u00a0; cela donne raison\u00a0\u00bb. Le probl\u00e8me \u00e9tant son ent\u00eatement forcen\u00e9, dans la solitude du pouvoir o\u00f9 l\u2019empereur n\u2019admet plus aucun contradicteur, et son d\u00e9ni de la r\u00e9alit\u00e9, \u00e0 la fin de l\u2019histoire.Il avoue encore\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Bien analys\u00e9e, la pens\u00e9e politique est une fable convenue, imagin\u00e9e par les gouvernants pour endormir les gouvern\u00e9s.\u00a0\u00bb Pr\u00e9cisant que \u00ab\u00a0la bonne politique est de faire croire aux hommes qu\u2019ils sont libres.\u00a0\u00bb Napol\u00e9on ne cache pas son jeu, avec une franchise qui confine au cynisme, persuad\u00e9 qu\u2019\u00ab\u00a0On gouverne mieux les hommes par leurs vices que par leurs vertus.\u00a0\u00bb Autant de cl\u00e9s pour d\u00e9coder l\u2019Empire\u2026 et pour comprendre tous les petits Napol\u00e9ons de l\u2019histoire. Toutes les citations qui suivent sont comment\u00e9es dans nos Chroniques. \u00ab\u00a0Ma politique est de gouverner les hommes comme le grand nombre veut l\u2019\u00eatre [\u2026] C\u2019est la mani\u00e8re de reconna\u00eetre la souverainet\u00e9 du peuple.\u00a0\u00bb1711 Napol\u00e9on BONAPARTE, D\u00e9claration au Conseil d\u2019\u00c9tat, 1er ao\u00fbt 1800  De fait, il y a entente parfaite entre la volont\u00e9 du peuple et la politique de l\u2019homme au pouvoir. Les probl\u00e8mes viendront avec le divorce entre les deux. \u00ab\u00a0Gouverner par un parti, c\u2019est se mettre t\u00f4t ou tard dans sa d\u00e9pendance. On ne m\u2019y prendra pas. Je suis national.\u00a0\u00bb1692 Napol\u00e9on BONAPARTE, au Conseil d\u2019\u00c9tat, fin 1799  Axiome r\u00e9p\u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e0 diverses occasions, au d\u00e9but de son Consulat\u00a0: autre principe de sa politique et point fort de sa strat\u00e9gie d\u2019homme d\u2019\u00c9tat. De Gaulle pensera de m\u00eame. \u00ab\u00a0La saign\u00e9e entre dans les combinaisons de la m\u00e9decine politique.\u00a0\u00bb1746 NAPOL\u00c9ON Ier repensant \u00e0 l\u2019ex\u00e9cution du duc d\u2019Enghien  Il revendique la responsabilit\u00e9 de ce crime. L\u2019assassinat politique, pratique courante, n\u2019est pas toujours sanglante. \u00ab\u00a0Ma vie politique est termin\u00e9e. Je proclame mon fils, sous le nom de Napol\u00e9on II, empereur des Fran\u00e7ais.\u00a0\u00bb1951 NAPOL\u00c9ON Ier, 22\u00a0juin 1815  Seconde abdication. Il est d\u00e9port\u00e9 \u00e0 Sainte-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne (1 900 km) et son fils ne r\u00e8gnera jamais. Les fins de vie (politique) sont parfois tragiques et celle-ci entre dans la l\u00e9gende. <\/p>\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 Le printemps sera politique. L\u2019Histoire en citations va \u00ab\u00a0coller \u00e0 l\u2019actu\u00a0\u00bb, tout en donnant des rep\u00e8res. Au programme\u00a0: opinion publique, partis politiques, d\u00e9mocratie, gauche, droite, centre et extr\u00eames&#8230; \u00e9lections, citoyens, Pr\u00e9sident, d\u00e9put\u00e9s, etc. Cette semaine, parlons Politique. Passion fran\u00e7aise et mot-cl\u00e9 historique.\u00c0 tout seigneur tout honneur, l\u2019empereur bat le record du nombre de citations [&#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":16,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1695],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-citation-du-jour-empereur-napoleon-ier-personnage-de-napoleon-ier-premier-empire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4486","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=4486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4487,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4486\/revisions\/4487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}