Reactionary

Reactionary (or reactionist) is a political epithet typically applied to extreme ideological conservatism, especially that which wishes to return to a real or imagined old order of things, and which is willing to use coercive means to do so. The term is primarily used as a term of opprobrium (groups rarely identify themselves as reactionary), meant to assert the idea that the opposition is based in merely reflexive politics rather than responsive and informed views.

Sayings

• "Every nation has the government that it deserves".
  —Joseph De Maistre Letter 1811.
• "A people who can neither read nor write, whose last word is the dagger - fine material for constitutional principles! ... The English constitution is the work of centuries ... There is no universal recipe for constitutions."
  — Prince Metternich
• "Even corrected by a prince, parliamentarism will always appear as the regime of the competition between parties. It will mean the oppression of minorities. The leaders of parliamentarism will always represent parties, fellowships, personal rivalries, quarrels between clans."
  —Charles Maurras
• "The Kings of France were the fathers of the Nation."
  —Charles Maurras