{"id":4550,"date":"2018-03-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/2025\/06\/21\/siegfried-le-monde-ne-vaut-que-par-les-extremes-et-ne-dure-que-par-les-moyens\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T08:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:44:11","slug":"siegfried-le-monde-ne-vaut-que-par-les-extremes-et-ne-dure-que-par-les-moyens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/siegfried-le-monde-ne-vaut-que-par-les-extremes-et-ne-dure-que-par-les-moyens\/","title":{"rendered":"Siegfried : \u00ab Le monde ne vaut que par les extr\u00eames et ne dure que par les moyens&#8230;\u00a0\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Les extr\u00eames d\u00e9cha\u00eenent les passions, d\u00e9routent\u00a0l\u2019opinion, interpellent les intellectuels. L\u2019Histoire en citations est encore l\u00e0 pour en t\u00e9moigner.<\/p>\n<p>En France, les extr\u00eames sont rarement au pouvoir. Sous la R\u00e9volution, la dictature jacobine et montagnarde dure deux ans. La <a href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/commune-de-paris-1871\/\">Commune de Paris<\/a>, quelques semaines. Les gauchistes ont fait Mai 68. Quant au <span class=\"caps\">FN<\/span>, il refuse le qualificatif d\u2019extr\u00eame droite.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation\"><span class=\"enonce\">\u00ab\u00a0Le monde ne vaut que par les extr\u00eames et ne dure que par les moyens\u00a0; il ne vaut que par les ultras et ne dure que par les mod\u00e9r\u00e9s.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"2846\" class=\"cit-num\">2846<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span data-href=\"\/auteurs\/andre-siegfried\"><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"surname\">Andr\u00e9 <\/span><span class=\"name\"><span class=\"caps\">SIEGFRIED<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> (1875-1959), citant <span data-href=\"\/auteurs\/paul-valery\"><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"surname\">Paul <\/span><span class=\"name\"><span class=\"caps\">VAL\u00c9RY<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> (1871-1945), <cite>De la Quatri\u00e8me \u00e0 la Cinqui\u00e8me R\u00e9publique au jour le jour<\/cite> (1958)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ressi\">Il \u00e9choue \u00e0 faire de la politique comme son p\u00e8re Jules Siegfried, maire du Havre, d\u00e9put\u00e9. Il la commentera en historien, sociologue, \u00e9conomiste et professeur.<\/p>\n<p>Telle est donc la loi de la pratique parlementaire dans les d\u00e9mocraties lib\u00e9rales, notamment sous la Troisi\u00e8me et la Quatri\u00e8me R\u00e9publiques, par le jeu m\u00eame des institutions\u00a0: les lib\u00e9raux de droite et du centre servent de forces d\u2019appoint, faisant pencher le fl\u00e9au tant\u00f4t \u00e0 gauche, tant\u00f4t \u00e0 droite, d\u2019o\u00f9 les majorit\u00e9s fragiles et fluctuantes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"panneau\">Toutes les citations qui suivent <br>sont comment\u00e9es dans nos <a href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/boutique\/\">Chroniques.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0La critique gauchiste, si radicale ou excessive soit-elle, a au moins le m\u00e9rite d\u2019\u00e9branler la bonne conscience des privil\u00e9gi\u00e9s.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"2954\" class=\"cit-num\">2954<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Raymond <span class=\"caps\">ARON<\/span>, <em>Le Figaro<\/em>, d\u00e9but mars\u00a01972<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Le gauchisme survit \u00e0 Mai\u00a068 en tant que force contestataire\u00a0: gr\u00e8ves, <a href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/indexation\/\">attentats<\/a>, presse extr\u00e9miste. La majorit\u00e9 des jeunes ont de la sympathie pour cette r\u00e9volte et Chaban-Delmas \u00e9choue \u00e0 instaurer sa \u00ab\u00a0nouvelle soci\u00e9t\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Compos\u00e9e exclusivement de gauchistes, une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 est conduite \u00e0 l\u2019hyst\u00e9rie. Priv\u00e9e de gauchistes, une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 est conduite \u00e0 l\u2019asphyxie.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"3121\" class=\"cit-num\">3121<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Jean <span class=\"caps\">DANIEL<\/span> (1920-2020), <em>Le Nouvel Observateur<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Une partie de la jeunesse n\u2019a pas fini sa <a href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/revolte-revolution\/\">r\u00e9volte<\/a> des \u00ab\u00a0Ann\u00e9es de r\u00eave\u00a0\u00bb et le d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1970 est agit\u00e9 de mouvements violents\u00a0: on parlera des \u00ab\u00a0Ann\u00e9es de poudre\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0L\u2019extr\u00eame droite, ce sont de fausses r\u00e9ponses \u00e0 de vraies questions.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"3249\" class=\"cit-num\">3249<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Laurent <span class=\"caps\">FABIUS<\/span>, Premier ministre \u00e0 \u00ab\u00a0L\u2019Heure de v\u00e9rit\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb, Antenne 2, 5\u00a0septembre 1984<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Le Pen fait une entr\u00e9e fracassante au Parlement europ\u00e9en, suite \u00e0 sa campagne contre l\u2019immigration. Fabius r\u00e9agit\u00a0: oui, on peut parler d\u2019immigration (sujet longtemps tabou), mais la x\u00e9nophobie n\u2019est pas la solution.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0La victoire du Front national est une perc\u00e9e politique comme il n\u2019y en a jamais eu. Tout commence aujourd\u2019hui. Le destin de l\u2019Europe et m\u00eame du monde est en train de changer.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"3244\" class=\"cit-num\">3244<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Jean-Marie <span class=\"caps\">LE<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">PEN<\/span>, suite \u00e0 la victoire de son parti aux \u00e9lections europ\u00e9ennes du 17\u00a0juin 1984<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Au second tour des pr\u00e9sidentielles en 2002, sa pr\u00e9sence sera \u00ab\u00a0accidentelle\u00a0\u00bb. Aux pr\u00e9sidentielles de 2012, le \u00ab\u00a0troisi\u00e8me homme\u00a0\u00bb, c\u2019est Marine Le Pen. Au printemps 2017, promu premier parti de France (sondages), le <span class=\"caps\">FN<\/span> change de visage.<\/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 Les extr\u00eames d\u00e9cha\u00eenent les passions, d\u00e9routent\u00a0l\u2019opinion, interpellent les intellectuels. L\u2019Histoire en citations est encore l\u00e0 pour en t\u00e9moigner.En France, les extr\u00eames sont rarement au pouvoir. Sous la R\u00e9volution, la dictature jacobine et montagnarde dure deux ans. La Commune de Paris, quelques semaines. Les gauchistes ont fait Mai 68. 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