Sycophancy in politics

[Cornel] West: If you’re feeling a no, but don’t have the courage to say the no, then you’re a sycophant. If there’s anything alien to the Christian way of life, it is sycophancy, because the cross is always pushing us in a direction that’s over against the world.

The Politics of the Gospel: An Interview with Cornel West and Robert P. George

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