Quote of the Day (2011-01-31)

Jim Hacker: "Suppose he [Professor Henderson] produces one of these cautious wait-and-see reports?"

Sir Humphrey: "Well in that case we don't publish it, we use the American report instead."

Jim Hacker: "Oh fine. You mean we suppress it?"

Sir Humphrey: "Certainly not, we just don't publish it."

Jim Hacker: "What's the difference?"

Sir Humphrey: "Oh Minister, all the difference in the world. Suppression is the instrument of totalitarian dictatorship, we don't talk of that sort of thing in a free country. We simply take a democratic decision not to publish it."

Source: Yes, Minister