For the first two-thirds of the twentieth century, American liberals distinguished themselves from conservatives by what Lionel Trilling called 「a spiritual orthodoxy of belief in progress.」
20世纪的头三分之二时间里,美国自由主义者,凭借莱纳内尔·特里林所称的「对进步的精神性正统信仰」,而把自己与保守主义者区分开来。