Assertion: conservatism | /r/Desires | activist government
Facets:
value: in the modern age
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: As a statesman, he became an innovative reformer, partly to outflank the Liberals, partly to keep the Conservative party viable in a time of dynamic upheaval, but also because he came to see that, in the modern age, conservatism required an activist government that guarded the interests and needs of the entire population.