{"id":5881,"date":"2018-04-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/2025\/06\/23\/gambetta-la-france-est-un-eblouissement-pour-le-monde\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T08:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:44:10","slug":"gambetta-la-france-est-un-eblouissement-pour-le-monde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/gambetta-la-france-est-un-eblouissement-pour-le-monde\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambetta : \u00ab La France est un \u00e9blouissement pour le monde.\u00a0\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>Le patriotisme de Gambetta \u00e9voque celui d\u2019Hugo, voix r\u00e9publicaine majeure jusqu\u2019en 1885, cependant que Clemenceau va continuer le combat contre les d\u00e9fauts inh\u00e9rents \u00e0 la Troisi\u00e8me R\u00e9publique. <\/p>\n<p>Sous la Cinqui\u00e8me, la gauche au pouvoir met sa m\u00e9moire au Panth\u00e9on (r\u00e9publicain) o\u00f9 son c\u0153ur a d\u2019ailleurs \u00e9t\u00e9 transf\u00e9r\u00e9, en 1920.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation\"><span class=\"enonce\">\u00ab\u00a0La France est un \u00e9blouissement pour le monde.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"2460\" class=\"cit-num\">2460<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><a href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/indexation\/\"><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><\/a> (1838-1882), Inauguration de la troisi\u00e8me Exposition universelle de Paris, 1<sup>er<\/sup>\u00a0mai 1878<\/p>\n<p class=\"source\"><cite>Gloires et trag\u00e9dies de la <span class=\"caps\">III<\/span><sup>e<\/sup>\u00a0R\u00e9publique<\/cite> (1956), Maurice Baumont.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ressi\">Comme le Second Empire, la Troisi\u00e8me R\u00e9publique est port\u00e9e par la vague du progr\u00e8s scientifique et technique et par l\u2019av\u00e8nement de la civilisation industrielle. Les deux autres Expositions universelles qui se tiendront \u00e0 Paris avant 1914 (en\u00a01889 et\u00a01900) en t\u00e9moigneront.<\/p>\n<p>Ce sont des accents hugoliens qui flattent un pays fier de lui, avide de revanche sur l\u2019Allemagne, et un r\u00e9gime qui a certes ses d\u00e9fauts, ses faiblesses, mais \u00e0 qui nous devons beaucoup. D\u2019abord la <a href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/republique-et-republique\/\">R\u00e9publique<\/a> et son apprentissage, mais aussi l\u2019expansion coloniale qui est alors un atout national\u00a0; l\u2019enseignement la\u00efc, gratuit et obligatoire que les lois Ferry imposent au peuple\u00a0; la s\u00e9paration des \u00c9glises et de l\u2019\u00c9tat, autre combat r\u00e9publicain\u00a0; et le divorce, les syndicats, la libert\u00e9 de la presse\u2026 entre autres acquis.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Et [la France] dit \u00e0 ses gouvernants\u00a0: Quand me d\u00e9barrasserez-vous de ce haillon de guerre civile\u00a0?\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"2469\" class=\"cit-num\">2469<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><a href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/indexation\/\">L\u00e9on <span class=\"caps\">GAMBETTA<\/span><\/a> (1838-1882), <em>Discours et plaidoyers choisis<\/em>.<em> Sur l\u2019amnistie des Communards<\/em> (1880). L \u2019amnistie totale sera vot\u00e9e le 11\u00a0juillet 1880. On croit encore entendre Victor Hugo.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Je vous promets une de ces crises comme on n\u2019en a pas encore vu dans le monde parlementaire\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"2489\" class=\"cit-num\">2489<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><a href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/indexation-le-lancement\/\">Georges <span class=\"caps\">CLEMENCEAU<\/span><\/a> (1841-1929). Clemenceau le radical (incarnant la gauche pure et dure, comme jadis Gambetta) ne va pas rater cette occasion\u00a0: le scandale des d\u00e9corations fera tomber le gouvernement et forcera le pr\u00e9sident Jules Gr\u00e9vy \u00e0 d\u00e9missionner, le 2 d\u00e9cembre 1887.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Il faudrait \u00eatre bien inattentif pour croire que l\u2019action de Pierre Mend\u00e8s France fut limit\u00e9e aux quelque sept mois et dix-sept jours pass\u00e9s de juin\u00a01954 \u00e0 f\u00e9vrier\u00a01955 \u00e0 la t\u00eate du gouvernement de la R\u00e9publique. Un \u00e9t\u00e9, un automne, quelques jours. L\u2019Histoire ne fait pas ces comptes-l\u00e0. L\u00e9on Blum pour un an, Gambetta et Jaur\u00e8s, pour si peu, pour jamais, pour toujours.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"2897\" class=\"cit-num\">2897<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><a href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/mitterrand\/\">Fran\u00e7ois <span class=\"caps\">MITTERRAND<\/span><\/a> (1916-1996). Hommage solennel \u00e0 la mort de Pierre Mend\u00e8s France. Voil\u00e0 Gambetta r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9 logiquement par la gauche socialiste, m\u00eame si ce r\u00e9publicain de gauche n\u2019\u00e9tait pas socialiste, niant m\u00eame le probl\u00e8me en 1871\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Il n\u2019y a pas de question sociale.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/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>Le patriotisme de Gambetta \u00e9voque celui d\u2019Hugo, voix r\u00e9publicaine majeure jusqu\u2019en 1885, cependant que Clemenceau va continuer le combat contre les d\u00e9fauts inh\u00e9rents \u00e0 la Troisi\u00e8me R\u00e9publique. Sous la Cinqui\u00e8me, la gauche au pouvoir met sa m\u00e9moire au Panth\u00e9on (r\u00e9publicain) o\u00f9 son c\u0153ur a d\u2019ailleurs \u00e9t\u00e9 transf\u00e9r\u00e9, en 1920. \u00ab\u00a0La France est un \u00e9blouissement pour [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11289,"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":21,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1788],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chronique-citation-du-jour-leon-gambetta-troisieme-republique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5881","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=5881"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13308,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5881\/revisions\/13308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}