--- title: "12 Favors Quotes By H. L. Mencken" description: "12 Favors quotes by H. L. Mencken. Plus more from H. L. Mencken and more Favors sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/416/h-l-mencken-245_advice_never-let-your-inferiors-do-you-a-favor_2769674.png" --- > [Never let your inferiors do you a favor - it will be extremely costly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/never-let-your-inferiors-do-you-a-favor-it-will-be-extremely-costly/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/416/h-l-mencken-245_advice_never-let-your-inferiors-do-you-a-favor_2769674.png) > [No government is ever really in favor of so-called civil rights. It always tries to whittle them down. They are preserved under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/no-government-is-ever-really-in-favor-of-so-called-civil-rights-it/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/h-l-mencken-245_civil-rights_no-government-is-ever-really-in-favor-of_1544079.jpg) > [The two main ideas that run through all of my writing, whether it be literary criticism or political polemic are these: I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/the-two-main-ideas-that-run-through-all-of-my-writing-whether-it-be/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/654/h-l-mencken-245_criticism_the-two-main-ideas-that-run-through-all_1685671.png) > [The typical lawmaker of today is a man wholly devoid of principle - a mere counter in a grotesque and knavish game.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/the-typical-lawmaker-of-today-is-a-man-wholly-devoid-of-principle-a/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/698/h-l-mencken-245_astrology_the-typical-lawmaker-of-today-is-a-man-w_1505008.jpg) > [A Progressive is one who is in favor of more taxes instead of less, more bureaus and jobholders, more paternalism and meddling,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/a-progressive-is-one-who-is-in-favor-of-more-taxes-instead-of-less/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/771/h-l-mencken-245_affair_a-progressive-is-one-who-is-in-favor-of_490457.png) > [No professional politician is ever actually in favor of public economy. It is his implacable enemy, and he knows it. All professional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/no-professional-politician-is-ever-actually-in-favor-of-public/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a97/h-l-mencken-245_corruption_no-professional-politician-is-ever-actua_1874035.png) > [Man is never honestly the fatalist, nor even the stoic. He fights his fate, often desperately. He is forever entering bold exceptions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/man-is-never-honestly-the-fatalist-nor-even-the-stoic-he-fights-his/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b85/h-l-mencken-245_beauty_man-is-never-honestly-the-fatalist-nor-e_2880873.jpg) > [Syllogisms а la mode - If you are against labor racketeers, then you are against the working man. If you are against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/syllogisms-la-mode-if-you-are-against-labor-racketeers-then-you-are/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab4/h-l-mencken-245_cancer_syllogisms-la-mode-if-you-are-against-la_1463478.jpg) > [Probably the worst thing that has happened in America in my time is the decay of confidence in the courts. No one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/probably-the-worst-thing-that-has-happened-in-america-in-my-time-is/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/880/h-l-mencken-245_america_probably-the-worst-thing-that-has-happen_811700.png) > [All American wars (except the Civil War) have been fought with the odds overwhelmingly in favor of the Americans. In the history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/all-american-wars-except-the-civil-war-have-been-fought-with-the-odds/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d08/h-l-mencken-245_adversaries_all-american-wars-except-the-civil-war-h_1369966.jpg) > [Liberty is not for these slaves; I do not advocate inflicting it against their conscience. On the contrary, I am strongly in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/liberty-is-not-for-these-slaves-i-do-not-advocate-inflicting-it/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f7/h-l-mencken-245_combination_liberty-is-not-for-these-slaves-i-do-not_2264896.png) > [Liberty is of small value to the lower third of humanity. They greatly prefer security, which means protection by some class above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/liberty-is-of-small-value-to-the-lower-third-of-humanity-they-greatly/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8a/h-l-mencken-245_cherish_liberty-is-of-small-value-to-the-lower-t_3032775.jpg) ## Other authors on Favors ## More by H. L. Mencken > [Alimony - the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/alimony-the-ransom-that-the-happy-pay-to-the-devil/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) > [A bad artist almost always tries to conceal his incompetence by whooping up a new formula.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/a-bad-artist-almost-always-tries-to-conceal-his-incompetence-by/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) > [ By profession a biologist, \[Thomas Henry Huxley\] covered in fact the whole field of the exact sciences, and then bulged through its four fences.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/by-profession-a-biologist-thomas-henry-huxley-covered-in-fact-the/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) > [So few men are really worth knowing, that it seems a shameful waste to let an anthropoid prejudice stand in the way of free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/so-few-men-are-really-worth-knowing-that-it-seems-a-shameful-waste-to/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) > [Man's objection to love is that it dies hard; woman's, that when it is dead, it stays dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/man-s-objection-to-love-is-that-it-dies-hard-woman-s-that-when-it-is/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) > [The lunatic fringe wags the underdog.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/the-lunatic-fringe-wags-the-underdog/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) > [For it is an absurdity to call a country civilized in which a decent and industrious man, laboriously mastering a trade which is valuble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/for-it-is-an-absurdity-to-call-a-country-civilized-in-which-a-decent/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) > [Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/women-have-simple-tastes-they-get-pleasure-out-of-the-conversation-of/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) > [The critic, to interpret his artist, even to understand his artist, must be able to get into the mind of his artist; he must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/the-critic-to-interpret-his-artist-even-to-understand-his-artist-must/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) > [There is, in fact, nothing about religious opinions that entitles them to any more respect than other opinions get. On the contrary, they tend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/there-is-in-fact-nothing-about-religious-opinions-that-entitles-them/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) > [Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/don-t-overestimate-the-decency-of-the-human-race/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) > [Liberty ... was a two-headed boon. There was first, the liberty of the people as a whole to determine the forms of their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/liberty-was-a-two-headed-boon-there-was-first-the-liberty-of-the/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) > [To the extent that I am genuinely educated, I am suspicious of all the things that the average citizen believes and the average pedagogue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/to-the-extent-that-i-am-genuinely-educated-i-am-suspicious-of-all-the/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) > [Philosophy first constructs a scheme of happiness and then tries to fit the world to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/philosophy-first-constructs-a-scheme-of-happiness-and-then-tries-to/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) > [For it is the natural tendency of the ignorant to believe what is not true. In order to overcome that tendency it is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/for-it-is-the-natural-tendency-of-the-ignorant-to-believe-what-is-not/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/favors/h-l-mencken/#itemlist", "name": "12 Favors Quotes By H. L. Mencken", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Never let your inferiors do you a favor - it will be extremely costly.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "H. L. 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