"The Modern Liberal believes in the supremacy of the state, thereby rejecting the principles of the Declaration [of Independence] and the order of the civil society, in whole or part. For the Modern Liberal, the individual's imperfection and personal pursuits impede the objective of a utopian state. In this, Modern Liberalism promotes what French historian Alexis de Tocqueville described as a soft tyranny, which becomes increasingly more oppressive, potentially leading to a hard tyranny (some form of totalitarianism). As the word "liberal" is, in its classical meaning, the opposite of authoritarian, it is more accurate, therefore, to characterize the Modern Liberal as a Statist."--From "Liberty and Tyranny" by Mark Levin.

Voting to increase State power (like the current heath care bill that will force people to buy insurance or face jail time) has nothing to do with Liberty or Liberalism at all. People who support this bill and big government Democrats should stop calling themselves Liberals.