It's great to keep the Chrestomathy or his diary nearby to flip through. He's very entertaining and you can just open to a page and get engrossed.

siggy47

I've never read his actual work, but I have often thought on and quoted him:

The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.

BooksAndArticles

H.L. Mencken Fans?

I've never read his actual work, but I have often thought on and quoted him:

> The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.

Very relevant to our space.