{"id":4658,"date":"2017-05-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/2025\/06\/21\/general-moreau-voila-votre-homme-il-fera-votre-coup-detat-bien-mieux-que-moi\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T09:16:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:16:29","slug":"general-moreau-voila-votre-homme-il-fera-votre-coup-detat-bien-mieux-que-moi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/general-moreau-voila-votre-homme-il-fera-votre-coup-detat-bien-mieux-que-moi\/","title":{"rendered":"G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Moreau : \u00ab Voil\u00e0 votre homme, il fera votre coup d&#039;\u00c9tat bien mieux que moi.\u00a0\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Le Directoire ne pouvait survivre longtemps \u00e0 tous ses (plaisants) d\u00e9fauts. <\/p>\n<p>L\u2019irruption de Napol\u00e9on Bonaparte sur la sc\u00e8ne politique va pr\u00e9cipiter les \u00e9v\u00e9nements et sid\u00e9rer les contemporains. L\u2019humour survit quand m\u00eame, au second degr\u00e9 \u2013 un de ses secrets.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation\"><span class=\"enonce\">\u00ab\u00a0Voil\u00e0 votre homme, il fera votre coup d\u2019\u00c9tat bien mieux que moi.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"1675\" class=\"cit-num\">1675<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span data-href=\"\/auteurs\/general-moreau\"><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"surname\">G\u00e9n\u00e9ral <\/span><span class=\"name\"><span class=\"caps\">MOREAU<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> (1763-1813), \u00e0 l\u2019abb\u00e9 Siey\u00e8s, quand il apprend le retour de Bonaparte, 17\u00a0octobre 1799<\/p>\n<p class=\"source\"><cite>Siey\u00e8s, la cl\u00e9 de la R\u00e9volution fran\u00e7aise<\/cite> (1988), Jean-Denis Bredin.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ressi\">Moreau l\u2019a vu \u00e0 l\u2019\u0153uvre dans l\u2019arm\u00e9e d\u2019Italie et le recommande \u00e0 Siey\u00e8s, l\u2019un des cinq Directeurs. L\u2019abb\u00e9 est toujours en qu\u00eate de son \u00ab\u00a0sabre\u00a0\u00bb (ou son \u00e9p\u00e9e) pour remettre de l\u2019ordre dans le pays, renforcer l\u2019ex\u00e9cutif, lutter contre la gauche jacobine et surtout la droite royaliste \u2013 Louis\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">XVIII<\/span> pourrait revenir et r\u00e9tablir la monarchie. <\/p>\n<p>Le r\u00e9gime actuel, faible, corrompu, incomp\u00e9tent, est d\u00e9finitivement d\u00e9consid\u00e9r\u00e9. Quant \u00e0 Siey\u00e8s, il va \u00eatre sit\u00f4t conquis, et bient\u00f4t \u00e9bloui\u00a0par Bonaparte au lendemain du coup d\u2019\u00c9tat du 18 brumaire (9 novembre 1799)\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Messieurs, nous avons un ma\u00eetre, ce jeune homme fait tout, peut tout et veut tout.\u00a0\u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/indexation\/talleyrand\">Talleyrand<\/a>, ministre des Relations ext\u00e9rieures qui sait juger les hommes, est \u00e9galement s\u00e9duit par le personnage et se mettra \u00e0 son service, au d\u00e9but du Consulat et sous l\u2019Empire \u00e0 venir \u2013 avant de d\u00e9missionner, prenant ses distances avec le dictateur devenu impossible \u00e0 influencer.<\/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\u00a0Une fois encore s\u2019allait justifier le mot de Saint-\u00c9vremond\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0le Fran\u00e7ais est surtout jaloux de la libert\u00e9 de se choisir son ma\u00eetre\u00a0\u00bb.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"1682\" class=\"cit-num\">1682<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Louis <span class=\"caps\">MADELIN<\/span>, <em>Histoire du Consulat et de l\u2019Empire, Le Consulat, 18 brumaire an\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">VIII<\/span><\/em> (1937-1954)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Un si\u00e8cle plus tard, il tire la le\u00e7on du coup d\u2019\u00c9tat du 18 Brumaire et de ses suites. L\u2019historien cite le moraliste du si\u00e8cle de <a href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/indexation\/louis-xiv\">Louis\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">XIV<\/span><\/a>, pr\u00e9figurateur de la philosophie des Lumi\u00e8res, type m\u00eame de l\u2019\u00ab\u00a0honn\u00eate homme\u00a0\u00bb ironique et sceptique.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0En France, on ne permet qu\u2019aux \u00e9v\u00e9nements de voter.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"1672\" class=\"cit-num\">1672<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Mme de <span class=\"caps\">STA\u00cbL<\/span>, <em>Des circonstances actuelles qui peuvent terminer la R\u00e9volution et les principes qui doivent fonder la R\u00e9publique en France<\/em> (posthume, 1906)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Adage d\u2019un homme d\u2019esprit qu\u2019elle rapporte pour le conjurer, dans cet ouvrage \u00e9crit en 1798 et dont le titre est tout un programme. Un an apr\u00e8s, le coup d\u2019\u00c9tat de Bonaparte balaie la r\u00e9forme constitutionnelle et l\u2019\u00e9quilibre des pouvoirs cher \u00e0 cette disciple des philosophes.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Il me faut un roi, parce que je suis propri\u00e9taire.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"1673\" class=\"cit-num\">1673<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Formule c\u00e9l\u00e8bre, prof\u00e9r\u00e9e \u00e0 la veille du 18\u00a0Brumaire (novembre\u00a01799).<em> Histoire de la France des origines \u00e0 nos jours<\/em> (1970-1971), Georges Duby<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>C\u2019est dire le prix que la nouvelle bourgeoisie des notables attache \u00e0 un r\u00e9gime social stable, plus important que les conqu\u00eates politiques, les r\u00e9formes sociales et l\u2019h\u00e9ritage de la R\u00e9volution. Le droit de propri\u00e9t\u00e9 sera confort\u00e9 sous le Consulat et l\u2019Empire, alors que la Constitution ignore les droits de l\u2019homme.<\/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 Le Directoire ne pouvait survivre longtemps \u00e0 tous ses (plaisants) d\u00e9fauts. L\u2019irruption de Napol\u00e9on Bonaparte sur la sc\u00e8ne politique va pr\u00e9cipiter les \u00e9v\u00e9nements et sid\u00e9rer les contemporains. L\u2019humour survit quand m\u00eame, au second degr\u00e9 &#8211; un de ses secrets. \u00ab\u00a0Voil\u00e0 votre homme, il fera votre coup d&#8217;\u00c9tat bien mieux que moi.\u00a0\u00bb1675 G\u00e9n\u00e9ral MOREAU (1763-1813), [&#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":7,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1858],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronique-citation-du-jour-directoire-general-moreau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4658","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=4658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4659,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4658\/revisions\/4659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}