- 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]
- 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.
- James Hacker: How does it feel, Richard, to move from the Commons to the Lords?
- R A Crichton: Like moving from animals to the vegetables.
- Joan Littler: What does "inert" mean?
- Sir Humphrey Appleby: Eh, it means it's not... ert.
- Bernard Woolley: Wouldn't 'urt a fly.