{"id":5030,"date":"2017-08-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/2025\/06\/21\/mac-mahon-que-deau-que-deau\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T09:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:16:41","slug":"mac-mahon-que-deau-que-deau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/mac-mahon-que-deau-que-deau\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac-Mahon : \u00ab Que d&#039;eau, que d&#039;eau\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>Pas de drame national, pas encore de crise digne de ce nom. Mais la gestion du quotidien fait partie de l\u2019histoire et donne quelques citations pr\u00e9sidentielles qui pr\u00eatent \u00e0 sourire. Involontaire, l\u2019humour se savoure mieux, qu\u2019elle que soit l\u2019\u00e9poque.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation\"><span class=\"enonce\">\u00ab\u00a0Que d\u2019eau, que d\u2019eau\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"2445\" class=\"cit-num\">2445<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span data-href=\"\/auteurs\/marechal-de-mac-mahon\"><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"name\"><span class=\"caps\">MAC<\/span>\u2013<span class=\"caps\">MAHON<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> (1808-1893) \u00e0 la vue des inondations catastrophiques, Toulouse, 26\u00a0juin\u00a01875<\/p>\n<p class=\"source\"><cite>Mac-Mahon<\/cite> (1895), abb\u00e9 Berry.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ressi\">La r\u00e9ponse du pr\u00e9fet est encore plus savoureuse\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Et encore, Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, vous n\u2019en voyez que le dessus\u2026\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"ressi\">Il faut toujours contextualiser comme l\u2019on dit\u00a0! Le maire de la ville sinistr\u00e9e, tenant \u00e0 recevoir dignement le pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique, s\u2019est lanc\u00e9 dans un long discours. Le mar\u00e9chal, pour couper court \u00e0 ce d\u00e9luge de paroles, regardant les plaines envahies par les eaux, a ce mot pour lequel il sera mal \u00e0 propos brocard\u00e9. Vingt ans plus t\u00f4t \u2013 Second Empire et guerre de Crim\u00e9e -, son militaire \u00ab\u00a0J\u2019y suis, j\u2019y reste\u00a0\u00bb avait certes plus fi\u00e8re allure, lors du si\u00e8ge de S\u00e9bastopol.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0Que d\u2019eau, que d\u2019eau\u2026\u00a0\u00bb Ce mot peut \u00eatre qualifi\u00e9 d\u2019\u00ab\u00a0infrahistorique\u00a0\u00bb, comme ceux recens\u00e9s par Jean Lacouture, biographe du g\u00e9n\u00e9ral <a href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/indexation\/gaulle-de\">de Gaulle<\/a>, le premier et plus illustre pr\u00e9sident de notre Cinqui\u00e8me R\u00e9publique. Pour \u00eatre lui-m\u00eame et devenir une mine de citations historiques toujours en situation, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral a besoin de circonstances exceptionnelles. Mais tout pr\u00e9sident doit prononcer au quotidien d\u2019innombrables discours sur tout et sur rien. Exemples\u00a0?<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0Je puis vous assurer que la Loire continuera \u00e0 couler dans son lit\u00a0\u00bb aux maires du Loiret, \u00e0 Orl\u00e9ans, mai\u00a01959. Dans le m\u00eame esprit, \u00e0 F\u00e9camp\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Je salue F\u00e9camp, port de mer et qui entend le rester\u00a0\u00bb et \u00e0 Lyon, pour saluer la capitale des Gaules\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Lyon n\u2019a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 aussi lyonnaise.\u00a0\u00bb Sic\u00a0!<\/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\u00a0Je suis, vous le savez, messieurs, profond\u00e9ment r\u00e9publicain et profond\u00e9ment conservateur.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"2448\" class=\"cit-num\">2448<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Jules <span class=\"caps\">SIMON<\/span>, pr\u00e9sident du Conseil, Chambre des d\u00e9put\u00e9s, D\u00e9claration minist\u00e9rielle du 14\u00a0d\u00e9cembre 1876<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Les r\u00e9publicains ont triomph\u00e9 aux \u00e9lections. Situation inconfortable pour Mac-Mahon, pr\u00e9sident monarchiste, et premi\u00e8re forme de \u00ab\u00a0cohabitation\u00a0\u00bb. Il s\u2019en tire en appelant Jules Simon, r\u00e9publicain mod\u00e9r\u00e9, pour former le gouvernement. D\u00e8s son premier discours, le voil\u00e0 bien onctueux et conciliateur.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Il sera cardinal avant moi\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"2449\" class=\"cit-num\">2449<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Monseigneur <span class=\"caps\">DUPANLOUP<\/span> parlant de Jules Simon, <em>Histoire de la France contemporaine, 1871-1900<\/em> (1903), Gabriel Hanotaux<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00c9v\u00eaque d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans et d\u00e9put\u00e9, il a ce mot sur le nouveau pr\u00e9sident du Conseil des ministres \u2013 fonction qui appara\u00eet dans l\u2019histoire de France. Il ne reste pourtant pas longtemps \u00e0 la t\u00eate du <a href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/indexation\/gouvernement-gouverner\">gouvernement<\/a>. Mac-Mahon le renvoie, alors qu\u2019il a l\u2019appui des d\u00e9put\u00e9s. On parle de \u00ab\u00a0coup d\u2019\u00c9tat\u00a0\u00bb, mais \u00e0 tort, car c\u2019est l\u00e9gal.<\/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>Pas de drame national, pas encore de crise digne de ce nom. Mais la gestion du quotidien fait partie de l\u2019histoire et donne quelques citations pr\u00e9sidentielles qui pr\u00eatent \u00e0 sourire. Involontaire, l\u2019humour se savoure mieux, qu\u2019elle que soit l\u2019\u00e9poque. \u00ab\u00a0Que d&#8217;eau, que d&#8217;eau\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb2445 MAC-MAHON (1808-1893) \u00e0 la vue des inondations catastrophiques, Toulouse, 26\u00a0juin\u00a01875 Mac-Mahon (1895), [&#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":312,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1849],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronique-citation-du-jour-marechal-de-mac-mahon-troisieme-republique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5030","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=5030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5031,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5030\/revisions\/5031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}