{"id":5888,"date":"2017-01-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/2025\/06\/23\/gambetta-la-politique-est-lart-du-possible-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T09:10:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:10:53","slug":"gambetta-la-politique-est-lart-du-possible-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/gambetta-la-politique-est-lart-du-possible-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambetta : \u00ab La politique est l&#039;art du possible. \u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>Probl\u00e8me majeur du nouveau r\u00e9gime, les institutions en rodage depuis 1871 et l\u2019installation chaotique de la R\u00e9publique jusqu\u2019en 1877\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p>Gambetta va apprendre son m\u00e9tier de d\u00e9put\u00e9, sans rien renier de ses convictions politiques \u2013 visc\u00e9ralement r\u00e9publicaines. Il fera \u00e9quipe avec Thiers, vieux routier de la politique, plus retors, mais tout aussi r\u00e9publicain. \u00c9tonnante alliance, pour qui conna\u00eet (ou croit conna\u00eetre) Thiers (\u00e0 suivre, la semaine prochaine).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation\"><span class=\"enonce\">\u00ab\u00a0La politique est l\u2019art du possible.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"2441\" class=\"cit-num\">2441<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/indexation\/gambetta\"><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)<\/p>\n<p class=\"source\"><cite>La Politique en citations\u00a0: de Babylone \u00e0 Michel Serres<\/cite> (2006), Sylv\u00e8re Christophe.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Formule fameuse, expression du pragmatisme plusieurs fois r\u00e9p\u00e9t\u00e9e. Mais qui l\u2019eut crue sign\u00e9e du pur et dur r\u00e9publicain, \u00e0 la fois id\u00e9ologue tranchant et d\u00e9magogue bruyant\u00a0? <\/p>\n<p>C\u2019est un autre homme qui se r\u00e9v\u00e8le en 1874 et parle \u00e0 ses contemporains\u00a0: un temp\u00e9rament fonci\u00e8rement mod\u00e9r\u00e9, dou\u00e9 d\u2019une saine appr\u00e9ciation des r\u00e9alit\u00e9s. Cette citation de Gambetta fera bient\u00f4t qualifier ses partisans d\u2019\u00ab\u00a0opportunistes\u00a0\u00bb. Il ne renie pas ce mot qui a pris plus tard un sens p\u00e9joratif.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 ce sujet, il est int\u00e9ressant de citer le Larousse et sa d\u00e9finition de l\u2019opportunisme\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Attitude consistant \u00e0 r\u00e9gler sa conduite selon les circonstances du moment, que l\u2019on cherche \u00e0 utiliser toujours au mieux de ses int\u00e9r\u00eats.\u00a0\u00bb Mais la r\u00e9f\u00e9rence historique suit aussit\u00f4t dans le dictionnaire\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Politique de prudence et de r\u00e9alisme pr\u00f4n\u00e9e par Gambetta, Jules Ferry et les r\u00e9publicains mod\u00e9r\u00e9s entre 1879 et 1895.\u00a0\u00bb<\/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\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/indexation\/gambetta\">L\u00e9on <span class=\"caps\">GAMBETTA<\/span><\/a> (1838-1882), devant le progr\u00e8s constant des r\u00e9publicains en 1876 \u2013 premi\u00e8res \u00e9lections nationales, sous le signe de la nouvelle Constitution qui fonde la Troisi\u00e8me. D\u2019o\u00f9 leur importance, pour l\u2019avenir du r\u00e9gime encore fragile et tr\u00e8s discut\u00e9.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/indexation\/gambetta\">L\u00e9on <span class=\"caps\">GAMBETTA<\/span><\/a> (1838-1882), Chambre, 21\u00a0juin 1880. Il plaide ici pour l\u2019amnistie totale des communards. C\u2019est \u00e0 cette occasion qu\u2019est lanc\u00e9 le mot qui va faire fortune en politique. Disons que l\u2019opportunisme rime raisonnablement avec r\u00e9alisme.<\/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>Probl\u00e8me majeur du nouveau r\u00e9gime, les institutions en rodage depuis 1871 et l\u2019installation chaotique de la R\u00e9publique jusqu\u2019en 1877\u00a0! Gambetta va apprendre son m\u00e9tier de d\u00e9put\u00e9, sans rien renier de ses convictions politiques &#8211; visc\u00e9ralement r\u00e9publicaines. Il fera \u00e9quipe avec Thiers, vieux routier de la politique, plus retors, mais tout aussi r\u00e9publicain. \u00c9tonnante alliance, pour [&#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":[1788],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronique-citation-du-jour-leon-gambetta-troisieme-republique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5888","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=5888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5889,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5888\/revisions\/5889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}