Yes, Prime Minister1986

Sir Humphrey Appleby:
[discussing how to stop the PM's anti-smoking legislation] I think the crucial argument is that we are living in a free country and we *must* be free to make our own decisions. After all, government shouldn't be a nursemaid, we don't want the nanny state.

Sir Frank Gordon:
Oh, that's very good.

Sir Ian Whitworth:
Excellent.

Sir Humphrey Appleby:
The only problem is that that is also the argument for legalising the sale of marijuana, heroin, cocaine, arsenic and gelignite.

Sir Frank Gordon:
Well maybe that's a good idea if we can put a big enough tax on them.

Sir Ian Whitworth:
Politically difficult.

Sir Frank Gordon:
Pity.