Watching Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister again...

Sir Humphrey: Bernard, if the right people don’t have power, do you know what happens? The wrong people get it: politicians, councillors, ordinary voters!
Bernard: But aren’t they supposed to, in a democracy?
Sir Humphrey: This is a British democracy, Bernard!

Yes, Prime Minister, Episode Five: Power to the People.

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Yes,_Minister#Episode_One:_The_Grand_Design

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