Yes Minister (TV Series)
The Greasy Pole (1981)
Nigel Hawthorne: Sir Humphrey Appleby
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Quotes
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James Hacker : This is a democracy, and the people don't like it.
Sir Humphrey Appleby : The people are ignorant and misguided.
James Hacker : Humphrey, it was the people who elected me!
[Humphrey nods]
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Sir Humphrey Appleby : A minister can do what he likes.
James Hacker : It's the people's will. I am their leader. I must follow them.
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Joan Littler : What does "inert" mean?
Sir Humphrey Appleby : Eh, it means it's not... ert.
Bernard Woolley : Wouldn't 'urt a fly.
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Sir Humphrey Appleby : But if the minister think...
Sir Wally McFarlane : Minister don't think!
