The tone and tendency of liberalism...is to attack the institutions of the country under the name of reform and to make war on the manners and customs of the people under the pretext of progress.
Benjamin DisraeliThat soul-subduing sentiment, harshly called flirtation, which is the spell of a country house.
Benjamin DisraeliThe European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.
Benjamin Disraeli