{"id":4978,"date":"2017-08-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/2025\/06\/21\/thiers-il-faut-tout-prendre-au-serieux-mais-rien-au-tragique\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T09:16:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:16:40","slug":"thiers-il-faut-tout-prendre-au-serieux-mais-rien-au-tragique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/thiers-il-faut-tout-prendre-au-serieux-mais-rien-au-tragique\/","title":{"rendered":"Thiers : \u00ab Il faut tout prendre au s\u00e9rieux, mais rien au tragique.\u00a0\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>Thiers, petit p\u00e8re de la Troisi\u00e8me, homme de caract\u00e8re, t\u00eate politique bien faite, personnage ridiculis\u00e9 autant que respect\u00e9 au fil de <em>l\u2019Histoire en citations<\/em>\u2026 Il faut de tout pour refaire, tant bien que mal, une d\u00e9mocratie \u00e0 la fran\u00e7aise, sous le signe d\u2019une R\u00e9publique destin\u00e9e \u00e0 durer en surmontant toutes les crises \u00e0 venir.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation\"><span class=\"enonce\">\u00ab\u00a0Il faut tout prendre au s\u00e9rieux, mais rien au tragique.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"2427\" class=\"cit-num\">2427<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/indexation\/thiers\"><span data-href=\"\/auteurs\/adolphe-thiers\"><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"surname\">Adolphe <\/span><span class=\"name\"><span class=\"caps\">THIERS<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> (1797-1877), Discours \u00e0 la Chambre des d\u00e9put\u00e9s, 24\u00a0mai 1873<\/p>\n<p class=\"source\"><cite>Annales de l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e nationale<\/cite>, volume\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">XVIII<\/span> (1873), Assembl\u00e9e nationale.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Contest\u00e9 pour son parti pris r\u00e9publicain par la majorit\u00e9 monarchiste, redout\u00e9 pour son talent oratoire et sa pugnacit\u00e9, Thiers a perdu son droit de parole \u00e0 l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e\u00a0: le pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique ne peut s\u2019exprimer que par un message lu et ne donnant lieu \u00e0 aucune discussion (loi de Broglie, du 13\u00a0mars). Il se conforme \u00e0 ce \u00ab\u00a0c\u00e9r\u00e9monial chinois\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>La veille, de Broglie l\u2019a interpell\u00e9 sur la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de d\u00e9fendre le fameux \u00ab\u00a0ordre moral\u00a0\u00bb, des d\u00e9put\u00e9s royalistes lui demandant de faire pr\u00e9valoir une \u00ab\u00a0politique r\u00e9solument conservatrice\u00a0\u00bb. Au matin du 24 mai, avant la s\u00e9ance \u00e0 la Chambre, Thiers r\u00e9affirme sa position r\u00e9publicaine\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0La monarchie est impossible\u00a0: il n\u2019y a qu\u2019un tr\u00f4ne, et on ne peut l\u2019occuper \u00e0 trois\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb Outre le comte de Paris et le comte de Chambord, n\u2019oublions pas le prince imp\u00e9rial, fils de <a href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/indexation\/napoleon-iii\">Napol\u00e9on\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">III<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi, en son absence, par 360 voix contre 334, l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e vote un bl\u00e2me contre Thiers. Il offre sa d\u00e9mission. Il n\u2019y est pas oblig\u00e9, mais il parie qu\u2019on le rappellera, sa position en sera renforc\u00e9e. Le soir, sa lettre est lue \u00e0 l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e qui proc\u00e8de aussit\u00f4t \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9lection du nouveau pr\u00e9sident. La gauche s\u2019abstient et Mac-Mahon, candidat des royalistes, est \u00e9lu. Thiers a jou\u00e9, et perdu.<\/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\u00a0La pr\u00e9sidence est un enfer, je n\u2019y retournerai pas. Et vous-m\u00eame, mon cher Mar\u00e9chal, n\u2019y entrez pas. Aujourd\u2019hui le pouvoir est un gu\u00eapier dans lequel une nature militaire telle que la v\u00f4tre perdrait patience en quarante-huit heures.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"2428\" class=\"cit-num\">2428<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/indexation\/thiers\">Adolphe <span class=\"caps\">THIERS<\/span><\/a>, 24\u00a0mai\u00a01873. <em>Cent ans de R\u00e9publique<\/em> (1970), Jacques Chastenet<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>En vieux routier de la politique, Thiers tente de d\u00e9courager le \u00ab\u00a0cher Mar\u00e9chal\u00a0\u00bb, mais Mac-Mahon reste droit dans ses bottes, royaliste convaincu et investi de sa mission monarchique. Il sera donc pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Je n\u2019aimais pas ce roi des prud\u2019hommes. N\u2019importe\u00a0! compar\u00e9 aux autres, c\u2019est un g\u00e9ant.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"2456\" class=\"cit-num\">2456<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Gustave <span class=\"caps\">FLAUBERT<\/span>, \u00e0 la mort de Thiers en 1877, <em>Correspondance<\/em> (1893)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0\u2026 et puis il avait une vertu rare\u00a0: le patriotisme. Personne n\u2019a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 comme lui la France, de l\u00e0 l\u2019immense effet de sa mort.\u00a0\u00bb Hommage justifi\u00e9, vu la m\u00e9diocrit\u00e9 du personnel politique sous la Troisi\u00e8me R\u00e9publique.<\/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>Thiers, petit p\u00e8re de la Troisi\u00e8me, homme de caract\u00e8re, t\u00eate politique bien faite, personnage ridiculis\u00e9 autant que respect\u00e9 au fil de l\u2019Histoire en citations&#8230; Il faut de tout pour refaire, tant bien que mal, une d\u00e9mocratie \u00e0 la fran\u00e7aise, sous le signe d\u2019une R\u00e9publique destin\u00e9e \u00e0 durer en surmontant toutes les crises \u00e0 venir. \u00ab\u00a0Il 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