{"id":4573,"date":"2018-04-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/2025\/06\/21\/gambetta-la-republique-cest-linevitable-et-vous-devriez-laccepter\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T08:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:44:10","slug":"gambetta-la-republique-cest-linevitable-et-vous-devriez-laccepter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/gambetta-la-republique-cest-linevitable-et-vous-devriez-laccepter\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambetta : \u00ab La r\u00e9publique, c&#039;est l&#039;in\u00e9vitable et vous devriez l&#039;accepter&#8230;\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>5e jour.\u00a0 Journaliste r\u00e9publicain dans l\u2019opposition sous le Second Empire et d\u00e9put\u00e9 radical, ministre hyperactif et brouillon dans la guerre franco-allemande de 1870-71, pr\u00e9sident de la Chambre des d\u00e9put\u00e9s et pr\u00e9sident du Conseil sous la Troisi\u00e8me, surdou\u00e9 de la politique (comme <a href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/indexation-le-lancement\/\">Clemenceau<\/a>), Gambetta visait logiquement la t\u00eate de l\u2019\u00c9tat. Mais il meurt \u00e0 44 ans.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation\"><span class=\"enonce\">\u00ab\u00a0La r\u00e9publique, c\u2019est l\u2019in\u00e9vitable et vous devriez l\u2019accepter. Vous devriez prendre votre parti de l\u2019existence dans le pays d\u2019une d\u00e9mocratie invincible \u00e0 qui restera certainement le dernier mot.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"2442\" class=\"cit-num\">2442<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span data-href=\"\/auteurs\/leon-gambetta\"><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"surname\">L\u00e9on <\/span><span class=\"name\"><span class=\"caps\">GAMBETTA<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> (1838-1882), Chambre des d\u00e9put\u00e9s, 5\u00a0ao\u00fbt 1874<\/p>\n<p class=\"source\"><cite>Les Partis politiques sous la <span class=\"caps\">III<\/span><sup>e<\/sup>\u00a0R\u00e9publique<\/cite> (1913), L\u00e9on Jacques.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Le \u00ab\u00a0commis voyageur de la R\u00e9publique\u00a0\u00bb propose une constitution r\u00e9publicaine. L\u00e9gitimistes et conservateurs n\u2019en veulent pas, mais Gambetta va rallier une partie de la gauche \u00e0 la cause du seul r\u00e9gime possible dans la France de cette \u00e9poque\u00a0: une r\u00e9publique mod\u00e9r\u00e9e, qui n\u2019effraie pas le pays, tr\u00e8s majoritairement bourgeois et <a href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/agriculture-paysans\/\">paysans<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Un renouveau bonapartiste aux \u00e9lections partielles et le spectre du jeune prince imp\u00e9rial (fils de Napol\u00e9on\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">III<\/span>) effraient les d\u00e9put\u00e9s, qui pr\u00e9f\u00e8rent encore la R\u00e9publique \u00e0 l\u2019Empire\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p>C\u2019est dans ce climat politique que va travailler la commission de 30 membres d\u00e9sign\u00e9s par l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e pour accoucher enfin d\u2019un projet de constitution.<\/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\u00a0\u00c0 reculons, nous entrons dans la R\u00e9publique\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"2444\" class=\"cit-num\">2444<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">GAMBETTA<\/span>, ironisant dans son journal <em>La R\u00e9publique fran\u00e7aise<\/em>. 1875<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Il ironise dans son journal. Mais il l\u2019a voulue, il l\u2019a eue, et son opportunisme (mot lanc\u00e9 en 1880) permet que la Constitution passe, sous forme de trois lois constitutionnelles, du 25 mai au 16 juillet 1875.<\/p>\n<p>Paradoxe de cette r\u00e9publique vot\u00e9e par une assembl\u00e9e monarchiste, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l\u2019union des centres qui regroupe une partie des r\u00e9publicains (radicaux exclus) et des conservateurs (l\u00e9gitimistes exclus). On va donc pouvoir gouverner entre \u00ab\u00a0honn\u00eates gens\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Le texte est plein de compromis et d\u2019incertitudes. Son impr\u00e9cision et sa concision feront d\u2019ailleurs sa force, l\u2019usage permettant de r\u00e9soudre les probl\u00e8mes \u00e0 mesure qu\u2019ils se posent et de choisir entre r\u00e9gime pr\u00e9sidentiel ou parlementaire.<\/p>\n<p>Cela fonctionnera tant bien que mal, de crise en crise, jusqu\u2019en 1940.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Puisque nous sommes les plus forts, nous devons \u00eatre mod\u00e9r\u00e9s.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"2447\" class=\"cit-num\">2447<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">GAMBETTA<\/span>, devant le progr\u00e8s constant des r\u00e9publicains aux \u00e9lections en 1876<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Premi\u00e8res \u00e9lections nationales de la Troisi\u00e8me R\u00e9publique. D\u2019o\u00f9 leur importance, m\u00eame si c\u2019est la seule Assembl\u00e9e qui sera dissoute, et tr\u00e8s vite. Les r\u00e9publicains, s\u2019ils veulent <a href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/gouvernement-gouverner\/\">gouverner<\/a>, ne doivent pas effaroucher l\u2019opinion.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Quand la France aura fait entendre sa voix souveraine, [\u2026] il faudra se soumettre ou se d\u00e9mettre.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"2453\" class=\"cit-num\">2453<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">GAMBETTA<\/span>, Discours de Lille, 15\u00a0ao\u00fbt 1877<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Il s\u2019adresse au pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique. Mac-Mahon a tent\u00e9 d\u2019imposer un r\u00e9gime pr\u00e9sidentiel (chambre dissoute, chef du gouvernement renvoy\u00e9). Le peuple va arbitrer entre le l\u00e9gislatif et l\u2019ex\u00e9cutif \u2013 le Parlement et le pr\u00e9sident.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Gambetta [\u2026] ce n\u2019est pas du fran\u00e7ais, c\u2019est du cheval\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"2465\" class=\"cit-num\">2465<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">GR\u00c9VY<\/span>, \u00e9lu pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique en janvier 1879<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Deux avocats, deux r\u00e9publicains, mais Gr\u00e9vy d\u00e9teste Gambetta qui parle, passionn\u00e9ment, pr\u00e9cipitamment, impressionnant \u00e0 la tribune. Et l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e pr\u00e9f\u00e8re \u00e9lire des pr\u00e9sidents insignifiants\u2026 Clemenceau \u00ab\u00a0le Tigre\u00a0\u00bb aura le m\u00eame probl\u00e8me\u00a0!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Vous allez peut-\u00eatre m\u2019accuser d\u2019opportunisme\u00a0! Je sais que le mot est odieux. Pourtant je pousse encore l\u2019audace jusqu\u2019\u00e0 affirmer que ce barbarisme cache une vraie politique.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"2468\" class=\"cit-num\">2468<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">GAMBETTA<\/span>, Chambre des d\u00e9put\u00e9s, 21\u00a0juin 1880, plaidant pour l\u2019amnistie totale des communards<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>L\u2019id\u00e9ologue tranchant, le d\u00e9magogue bruyant se r\u00e9v\u00e8le responsable, fonci\u00e8rement mod\u00e9r\u00e9, sainement r\u00e9aliste. Le <a href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/indexation\/\">mot<\/a> va faire fortune en politique \u2013 repris par ses disciples, apr\u00e8s sa mort prochaine.<\/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 5e jour.\u00a0 Journaliste r\u00e9publicain dans l\u2019opposition sous le Second Empire et d\u00e9put\u00e9 radical, ministre hyperactif et brouillon dans la guerre franco-allemande de 1870-71, pr\u00e9sident de la Chambre des d\u00e9put\u00e9s et pr\u00e9sident du Conseil sous la Troisi\u00e8me, surdou\u00e9 de la politique (comme Clemenceau), Gambetta visait logiquement la t\u00eate de l\u2019\u00c9tat. 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