Obsequiousness Quotes

• To cover politics in Washington allows you to live in the very, very wide gap between what the actual truth is, and how people are trying to manipulate the truth. They speak in the language of spin, obsequiousness, obfuscation. The meta of politics is just this endless source of material that can shed light on the psychology of the process.

  Mark Leibovich

  Light, People, Psychology

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• La conversación de [Samuel] Johnson era por mucho demasiado fuerte para una persona acostumbrada a la obsequiosidad y la adulación; ¡era mostaza en la boca de un niño pequeño!

  Hester Lynch Piozzi

  Strong, Children, Mouths

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• Those of us forced to read the London papers sometimes speculate about which is greater: the average British hack's sloth, mendacity, ignorance, obsequiousness, capacity for drink, or aversion to paying for that drink. Smart money tends to split between the latter two.

  Larry King

  Smart, Ignorance, Average

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• The British Labour Party has always had a very strong "Atlanticist component," with an obsequiousness to American policies, and Blair represents this wing. He's clearly obsessed with Iraq. He has to be because the overwhelming majority of the people of Britain oppose a military action.

  John Pilger

  Strong, Military, Party

  Fuente: progressive.org

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• El Partido Laborista británico siempre ha tenido un fuerte "componente atlantista", obsecuente con las políticas estadounidenses, y Blair representa esta ala. Está claramente obsesionado con Irak. Tiene que estarlo porque la inmensa mayoría del pueblo británico se opone a una acción militar. Nunca he conocido una situación así.

  John Pilger

  Strong, Military, Party

  Fuente: progressive.org

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