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.
-- H. L. Mencken
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.
-- H. L. Mencken
Related:
- One horse laugh is worth 10,000 syllogisms.
-- H. L.
Mencken (1880... - Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to
see them misunderstood.
H. L.... - Men have a much better time of it than women; for one thing,
they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier... - The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly
greater than that of any other animals.
Some of their most esteemed inventions have no other... - We are here and it is now. Further than that all human knowledge is
moonshine.
H. L.... - The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately
in the palpably not true.
It is the chief occupation of mankind. -- H. L. Mencken...
From the same category:
- An excellence-oriented '80s male does not wear a regular watch.
He wears a Rolex watch, because it weighs nearly six... - No cause is helpless if it is just. Errors, no matter how popular,
carry the seeds of their own destruction. -- John... - A wise man never sits on a holy
throne... - Apparently,
Bob saw an alien once... - For some reason a glaze passes over people's faces when you say
"Canada".
Maybe we should invade South Dakota or something. ...
