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title: ""The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most…"
date: 2016-12-18
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships updated his status.
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# "The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most…

*December 18, 2016 · Facebook*

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\"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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The extraordinary law enforcement means of today left unchecked become the routine methods of tomorrow.\
\-- Elizabeth Joh, Professor of Law, UCSD
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