Yes-man Quotes

Why did the generals who have been so ready to term me a complaisant and incompetent yes-man fail to secure my removal? Was that all that difficult? No, that wasn't it; the truth was that nobody would have been ready to replace me, because each one knew that he would end up just as much a wreck as I. (Wilhelm Keitel)
I want to make this perfectly clear: you can be sure that I will never be a yes-man except to my own conscience. View quote
Charles Edison