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Yes, Prime Minister · Season 2, Episode 7

Bernard and Sir Humphrey in “The National Education Service”

Bernard

Sir Humphrey, he's very worried that he seems responsible for something that he can't change.

Sir Humphrey

Yes, I'm sure. Responsibility without power: the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages.

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