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

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H. L. Mencken: "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."

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Against	Aimed	Beginning	Defending
Fighting	Freedom	Human	Laws
Most	Must	Ones	Oppression
Oppressive	Scoundrels	Spends	Stopped
Time	Trouble

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