De Tocqueville is frustrating

The first few chapters of Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville were very frustrating to read. There are many contradictions and the writing, in general, is hard to follow. I think that the most frustrating thing for me are these few lines "freedom is not the chief and continual object of their desires; it is equality for which they feel an eternal love". To clarify, "they" refers to Americans. Taken by itself, this proposition makes sense - Americans strive for equality. What is so frustrating to me is that de Tocqueville suggests that "one cannot imagine that men should remain perpetually unequal in just one respect though equal in all others; within a certain time they are bound to become equal in all respects". I think this is absolutely incorrect and does not characterize American ideals and goals. De Tocqueville doesn't provide much evidence for his argument, which is also irritating. Hopefully he can better support his arguments in the rest of his work.