Alexis De Tocqueville had a much better understanding of liberty (at least for the time) and knew that government promising something - be it "liberty" or some other specific right for the masses - only means the government will get bigger, which will eventually lead to less liberty.
Alexis De Tocqueville had a much better understanding of liberty (at least for the time) and knew that government promising something - be it "liberty" or some other specific right for the masses - only means the government will get bigger, which will eventually lead to less liberty.