"Most of the “better sort” were not genuine Sons of Liberty at all, but timid sycophants, pliant instruments of despot…"

"Sycophancy toward those who hold power is a fact in every regime, and especially in a democracy, where, unlike, where…"

"Sycophant, n. One who approaches Greatness on his belly so that he may not be commanded to turn and be kicked."

"You moralistic dog—admitting a hierarchy in which you are subordinate, purely that you may have subordinates; licking…"

"I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets."

"A poet’s prayer. Almighty Father! let thy lowly child, Strong in his love of truth, be wisely bold — , A patriot bard…"

"But how can he be honoured, when he does not honour himself; when he loses himself in the crowd; when he is no longer…"

"An examination of the leaders and military assistants closest to Hitler – men such as Jodi and Keitel in the OKW and …"

"From his childhood onward this boy [the future Edward VIII.] will be surrounded by sycophants and flatterers by the s…"

"A few steps brought us in full view of all the pomp, circumstance, and chivalry, bows and arrows, sycophants and rasc…"