It has been observed that they who most loudly clamour for liberty, do not most liberally grant it
Those, who most loudly clamour for liberty, are usually the persons who do not enjoy liberty, who are denied it. Behaviour of a person depends upon attitudes which are formed during course of time. Unless one has enjoyed liberty himself, it is difficult for him to have an attitude that tolerates that others should have liberty too. Rather, it has been observed that they are stingy about it. Those, who have lived in adversity, do not spend money, when they have it, liberally. As with the habit of spending money, so with the habit of dispensing liberty. At the same time, allowing of liberty to others is likely to lead to overt actions which the person concerned may not be able to control—so he is cautious. Napoleon is a patent example who covered his conservatism in granting liberty by saying that liberty was so precious that it had to be rationed.
