Yes Minister (TV Series)

The Right to Know (1980)

John Savident: Sir Frederick 'Jumbo' Stewart

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• Bernard Woolley : [Referring to the Minister]  Why shouldn't be allowed to know things if he wants to?

  Sir Frederick 'Jumbo' Stewart : Silly boy!

• Sir Frederick 'Jumbo' Stewart : There are four words to be included in a proposal if you want it thrown out.

  Sir Humphrey Appleby : Complicated. Lengthy. Expensive. Controversial. And if you want to be *really* sure that the Minister doesn't accept it, you must say the decision is "courageous".

  Bernard Woolley : And that's worse than "controversial"?

  Sir Humphrey Appleby : Oh, yes! "Controversial" only means "this will lose you votes". "Courageous" means "this will lose you the election"!