William Wallace

When I was a boy, the priest, my uncle, carefully inculcated upon me this proverb, which I then learned and have ever since kept in my mind: 'Dico tibi verum, Libertas optima rerum; Nunquam servili, sub nexu vivito, fili.' 'I tell you a truth: Liberty is the best of things, my son; never live under any slavish bond.

Scottish Revolutionary

John Adams

I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.

American President

Martha Beck

My dog has the intellectual capacity of a lime wedge, yet even he possesses an elaborate set of assumptions, based on his ability to control my behavior through a combination of slavish devotion and incessant howling.

American Author

Betty Friedan

A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of man's advance in the professions, or by refusing to compete with man at all.

American Activist

Larry Page

The idea that everyone should slavishly work so they do something inefficiently so they keep their job - that just doesn't make any sense to me. That can't be the right answer.

American Businessman

Friedrich Nietzsche

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.

German Philosopher

Ulysses S. Grant

If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

Mary Shelley

A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind.

English Author

Kim Il-sung

Peace secured by slavish submission is not peace.

North Korean Leader

Horace

Roman Poet

Use 'slavish' to emphasize total compliance with authority, like following orders without question.

Total Obedience

'Slavish' often has a negative undertone, suggesting lack of freedom or dignity.

Negative Connotation

'Slavish' can imply copying something too closely, without adding any personal touch.

Lack of Originality

Use 'slavish' to describe a replica that tries to precisely recreate the original.

Exact Replication

'Slavish' often indicates an extreme level of commitment or obsession that might not be healthy.

Extreme Devotion

Using 'slavish' can suggest following someone unquestioningly, possibly ignoring their flaws.

Uncritical Allegiance

'Slavish' used in worship contexts can imply an unhealthy level of reverence towards someone or something.

Overly Respective

 it's not a slavish mimicry; it's taking the design principles, the genius of the natural world, and learning something from it. Now, in a group with so many IT people, I do have to mention what I'm not going to talk about, and that is that your field