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Yes Minister (TV Series)
The Devil You Know (1981)
Derek Fowlds: Bernard Woolley
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Quotes
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[discussing the EEC]
James Hacker : The trouble with Brussels is not internationalism, it's too much bureaucracy.
Sir Humphrey Appleby : But the bureaucracy is a consequence of the internationalism. Why else would there be an English Commissioner with a French Director-General immediately below him, and an Italian Chef-du-Division reporting to the Frenchman and so on down the line.
James Hacker : Oh, I agree.
Sir Humphrey Appleby : It's like the Tower of Babel.
James Hacker : I agree.
Sir Humphrey Appleby : No, it's even worse, it's like the United Nations.
James Hacker : I agree.
Bernard Woolley : Then perhaps, if I may interject, you are in fact in agreement.
James Hacker , Sir Humphrey Appleby : No we're not!
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James Hacker : But we can't stab our partners in the back and spit in their face.
Bernard Woolley : You can't stab anyone in the back while you spit in their face.
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James Hacker : I suppose we have got rather fond of one another. In a way.
Sir Humphrey Appleby : In a way, yes.
James Hacker : Like a terrorist and his hostage.
Bernard Woolley : Which one of you is the terrorist?
James Hacker , Sir Humphrey Appleby : [pointing at the other] He is!
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Bernard Woolley : [to Sir Humphrey and Sir Arnold] Wouldn't it be interesting if ministers were fixed and permanent secretaries were shuffled around?
[both Sir Humphrey and Sir Arnold look shocked that somebody could even think of such an outrageous idea]
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[last lines]
James Hacker : Tell me, Humphrey. Who would have got my position here if I had gone to Brussels?
Sir Humphrey Appleby : Oh, I don't know...
Bernard Woolley : Didn't you tell me it was Basil Corbett?
Sir Humphrey Appleby : Basil Corbett...
[laughs uncomfortably]
James Hacker : Oh, I see. Basil Corbett.
Sir Humphrey Appleby : [long pause] Yes, Minister.
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[repeated line]
Sir Humphrey Appleby , Bernard Woolley , Annie Hacker , Sir Arnold Robinson , George - Jim's Driver : [referring to the Minister] You've done all right.