Mixed messages here
When in the era between here and then did we have less government that we were happy with? If anything, right now is the lowest level of power in years that the government's had. And yes, we've been repeating ourselves a million times over, but one thing remains constant: We are never happy with the government and we never will be. Heck, even the funders hated the thing. I doubt that we will ever be able to agree on a definition of national "liberty" as long as party politics are still around - or people in general for that matter.