{"id":6115,"date":"2018-06-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/2025\/06\/23\/voltaire-les-francais-ne-sont-pas-faits-pour-la-liberte-ils-en-abuseraient\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T08:44:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:44:06","slug":"voltaire-les-francais-ne-sont-pas-faits-pour-la-liberte-ils-en-abuseraient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/voltaire-les-francais-ne-sont-pas-faits-pour-la-liberte-ils-en-abuseraient\/","title":{"rendered":"Voltaire : \u00ab Les Fran\u00e7ais ne sont pas faits pour la libert\u00e9 : ils en abuseraient. \u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p><a title=\"lumi\u00e8res citations\" href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/lhistoire-en-caricatures-siecle-des-lumieres\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/histoire-en-citations-volume-4-27.jpg\" alt=\"lumi\u00e8res citations\" title=\"lumi\u00e8res citations\" style=\"float: left;margin: 10px\" width=\"165\" height=\"220\"><\/a>Voltaire, le plus fran\u00e7ais, parisien et mondain de cette bonne soci\u00e9t\u00e9, critique les Fran\u00e7ais, se moque des Parisiens, se m\u00e9fie du peuple et s\u2019inqui\u00e8te de certains \u00ab\u00a0faits divers\u00a0\u00bb. Mais il garde son humour et son espoir en l\u2019avenir.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"lumi\u00e8res citations\" href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/lhistoire-en-caricatures-siecle-des-lumieres\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00c0 t\u00e9l\u00e9charger pour tout savoir.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation\"><span class=\"enonce\">\u00ab\u00a0Les Fran\u00e7ais ne sont pas faits pour la libert\u00e9\u00a0: ils en abuseraient.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"1027\" class=\"cit-num\">1027<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><a href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/indexation\/\"><span data-href=\"\/auteurs\/francois-marie-arouet-dit-voltaire\"><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"name\"><span class=\"caps\">VOLTAIRE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> (1694-1778), <cite>Faits singuliers de l\u2019histoire de France<\/cite>. C\u2019est plus qu\u2019un mot d\u2019esprit. Il craint surtout les d\u00e9rapages du peuple, trait\u00e9 en \u00ab\u00a0populace\u00a0\u00bb.<em><br><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Les Parisiens sont aujourd\u2019hui des sybarites, et crient qu\u2019ils sont couch\u00e9s sur des noyaux de p\u00eache, parce que leur lit de roses n\u2019est pas assez bien fait.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"1183\" class=\"cit-num\">1183<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">VOLTAIRE<\/span> (1694-1778), Lettre \u00e0 Mme\u00a0de Florian, 1er\u00a0mars 1769, <em>Correspondance<\/em> (posthume). Un adage \u00e0 m\u00e9diter par la \u00ab\u00a0bonne soci\u00e9t\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb en toute \u00e9poque.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Le peuple ressemble \u00e0 des b\u0153ufs, \u00e0 qui il faut un aiguillon, un joug, et du foin.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"1028\" class=\"cit-num\">1028<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">VOLTAIRE<\/span> (1694-1778), <em>Correspondance<\/em>, 17 avril 1765. Courtis\u00e9 par les d\u00e9magogues, en attendant d\u2019\u00eatre divinis\u00e9 par la R\u00e9volution, le peuple est souvent assimil\u00e9 \u00e0 la populace et ouvertement m\u00e9pris\u00e9 par le mondain Voltaire.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Il y a trois mois, ce n\u2019\u00e9tait qu\u2019un voleur\u00a0; c\u2019est \u00e0 pr\u00e9sent un conqu\u00e9rant.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"1136\" class=\"cit-num\">1136<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">VOLTAIRE<\/span> (1694-1778), Lettre \u00e0 la duchesse de Saxe-Gotha, 14\u00a0janvier 1755, Et quatre mois apr\u00e8s, Mandrin entrera dans la l\u00e9gende.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Le monstre est un chien qui aura entendu aboyer quelques chiens [\u2026] et qui aura pris la rage.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"1144\" class=\"cit-num\">1144<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">VOLTAIRE<\/span> (1694-1778), Lettre \u00e0 Mme\u00a0de Lutzelbourg, 20\u00a0janvier 1757. Damiens, auteur de l\u2019attentat, fut domestique chez plusieurs magistrats du Parlement de Paris, dont certains tr\u00e8s virulents contre le roi. Il se vanta d\u2019avoir voulu donner une le\u00e7on \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/indexation-2\/\">Louis <span class=\"caps\">XV<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Pour nous autres Fran\u00e7ais, nous sommes \u00e9cras\u00e9s sur terre, an\u00e9antis sur mer, sans vaisselle, sans esp\u00e9rance\u00a0; mais nous dansons fort joliment.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"1157\" class=\"cit-num\">1157<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">VOLTAIRE<\/span> (1694-1778), Lettre \u00e0 M.\u00a0Bettinelli, 24\u00a0mars 1760. La guerre ne se joue pas sur le sol de France et ne menace pas ses fronti\u00e8res, comme au si\u00e8cle dernier ou au si\u00e8cle suivant. Mais elle co\u00fbte de plus en plus cher au pays.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Tout ce que je vois jette les semences d\u2019une r\u00e9volution qui arrivera immanquablement et dont je n\u2019aurai pas le plaisir d\u2019\u00eatre t\u00e9moin. Les Fran\u00e7ais arrivent tard \u00e0 tout, mais enfin, ils arrivent [\u2026] Les jeunes gens sont bienheureux\u00a0; ils verront de belles choses.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"1172\" class=\"cit-num\">1172<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">VOLTAIRE<\/span> (1694-1778), Lettre au marquis de Chauvelin, 2\u00a0avril 1764. Sa pr\u00e9diction rejoint celle de Rousseau dans le <em>Contrat social<\/em> de 1762. Pour le reste, les deux <a href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/philosophie\/\">philosophes<\/a> s\u2019opposent en tout.<\/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>Voltaire, le plus fran\u00e7ais, parisien et mondain de cette bonne soci\u00e9t\u00e9, critique les Fran\u00e7ais, se moque des Parisiens, se m\u00e9fie du peuple et s\u2019inqui\u00e8te de certains \u00ab\u00a0faits divers\u00a0\u00bb. Mais il garde son humour et son espoir en l\u2019avenir. \u00c0 t\u00e9l\u00e9charger pour tout savoir. \u00ab\u00a0Les Fran\u00e7ais ne sont pas faits pour la libert\u00e9\u00a0: ils en abuseraient.\u00a0\u00bb1027 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10951,"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":16,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-citation-du-jour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6115","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=6115"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13262,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6115\/revisions\/13262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}