A reader nicely chastizes:

Jonah,
a) I would agree that Oakeshott isn’t easy going, but isn’t that more a function of the subject than the writer. Serious philosophy isn’t generally a breeze to read.
b) I’d credit him with some great, penetrating phrases which completely resonate: “the politics of the felt need” along with “making politics as the crow flies” are two examples. And the paragraph that states that “in political activity men sail a boundless ocean with neither starting point nor destination…” is to my mind as good as it gets.
c) It took a long time to get through, but reading and rereading his Rationalism in Politics, was the intellectual highlight of my college days.