Yes Minister (TV Series)
Equal Opportunities (1982)
Nigel Hawthorne: Sir Humphrey Appleby
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Quotes
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Sir Humphrey Appleby : Minister, it takes time to do things 'now'.
James Hacker : The three articles of civil service faith: it takes longer to do things quickly; it's more expensive to do them cheaply; it's more democratic to do them in secret.
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[about Hacker's plan to promote more women in the civil service]
Sir Humphrey Appleby : Minister. I have come to the conclusion that you were right.
James Hacker : Are you being serious, Humphrey?
Sir Humphrey Appleby : Yes indeed, Minister. I am fully-seized of your ideas and have taken them on board and I am now positively against discrimination against women and positively in favour of positive discrimination in their favour - discriminating discrimination of course.