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Clips from The Crown (2016) - Scientia Potentia Est (S01E01)

""There are two elements of the Constitution:""
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"wrote Walter Bagehot in 1867."
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"Which is the monarch?"
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"Your Royal Highness?"
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"-The dignified? -Very good."
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"The efficient has the power to make and execute policy"
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"What touches all should be approved by all."
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"-To God. -Precisely."
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"Two institutions, Crown and government, dignified and the efficient,"
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"You can underline that."
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"-Do you teach this to your other pupils? -No, just you."
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"This is what I teach them."
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"These are exam papers."
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"All very undignified."
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"I see Mr. Einstein has changed his mind again?"
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"No, I know who he is. What exactly has he changed his mind about?"
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"That's rather less clear to me,"
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"but everyone's making a tremendous fuss about it."
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"if we shouldn't spend a bit of time on Literature, Philosophy, Science."
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"He felt I had enough on my plate as it was."
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"But don't you think I should have learned about it?"
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"Why?"
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"You have a great many other virtues. You can't be expected to know everything."
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"Well, no, that's the point, Mummy. I know almost nothing."
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"You know when to keep your mouth shut. That's more important than anything."
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"And that would've been fine if I'd gone on to live a normal life."
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"But now I spend so much time with politicians and statesmen."
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"You know, I live in dread of being left alone with them."
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"Your dear papa was just the same."
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"Be nice to think that one could, if not hold one's own,"
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"then at least not have to steer the conversation"
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"away to dogs and horses every time."
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"Well, one good thing about this one is you never have to open your mouth at all."
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"That's true."
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"Is it really? How long has it been?"
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"33 years, Ma'am, serving four sovereigns."
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"A deputy's long been groomed and made ready."
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"-Two deputies, right? -Yes, Ma'am."
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"-A senior and a junior. -An heir and a spare."
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"Quite."
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"Well, before we discuss any of that,"
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"-For your years of service. -Thank you, Ma'am."
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"My father was quite dependent on you. You know that."
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"And in our short time together, I could see how I could be, too."
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"But you deserve to put your feet up."
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"And I think I could work quite well with Martin Charteris."
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"-Martin Charteris? -Yes."
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"I assume you'll give that your blessing."
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"Martin is the junior deputy private secretary, Ma'am, the spare."
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"Michael Adeane is the senior. The rightful heir."
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"Yes, but Martin and I have worked together before."
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"that I had a pre-existing relationship with Martin and not take it personally."
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"Martin is a younger man. It's the more natural fit."
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"If that is Your Majesty's wish."
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"Prime Minister, I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting."
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"Honey, Sugar, Pippin, say goodbye. Thank you, Tommy."
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"Shall we make a start?"
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"One item overshadows every other on the agenda this week, Ma'am."
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"The Soviets and their H-bomb."
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"We now have confirmation that they have been testing"
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"in the Kazakh Desert."
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"and vital that we British spearhead the effort."
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"I have always been the person"
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"because Stalin would only talk to me."
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"that Eisenhower will take it upon himself to run the show."
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"And that would be bad?"
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"Oh, a disaster, Ma'am. For all the obvious reasons."
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"Of course."
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"Remind me. Of the obvious reasons."
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"is a great old empire which demands and deserves respect."
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"Americans like to wave the big stick and speak with a loud voice."
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"In the matter of world governance, they are not yet ready."
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"an experienced and elder power"
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"to guide them, school them."
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"Yes, we could all do with some school."
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"To that end, I've asked the Foreign Secretary to go to Washington"
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"to lay plans for a summit meeting between myself and Eisenhower,"
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"to start discussing a unified approach"
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"-Do you think he's up to it? -Eisenhower?"
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"No, the Foreign Secretary."
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"Anthony is the finest Foreign Secretary this country has had for generations."
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"I would hate to think that the country wasn't in safe hands,"
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"being led by healthy men."
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"Early indications are that the bomb they tested"
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"was a fission and fusion-fueled Sloika design,"
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"with a yield of 400 kilotons."
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"capable of deployment from a bomber aircraft."
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"Do we believe that?"
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"Latest CIA intelligence seems to support it, with the Soviets known to be"
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"ramping up their production of long-range bomber aircraft..."
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"Are you all right, sir?"
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"My bag, please. Give me my bag."
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"similar to our own "Ivy Mike" detonation in '52,"
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"which is consistent with the blast radius."
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"The British Foreign Secretary."
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"it's a sad metaphor."
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"in what was once the most powerful country on Earth."
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"What's that on his arm?"
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"Looks like blood, sir."
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"Good God."
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"Colonel Charteris, Your Majesty."
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"Now, as I'm sure you're aware,"
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"Tommy Lascelles will be leaving us shortly to begin his well-deserved retirement."
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"And his departure will leave something of a gap."
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"Yes."
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"And I was wondering whether you might be interested in filling that gap?"
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"-As what, Ma'am? -My Private Secretary."
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"-I'd be delighted, but... -But what?"
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"What about Michael Adeane?"
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"-What about him? -He is the natural successor."
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"There are two Private Secretaries to choose from."
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"And I happen to prefer the Junior."
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"So, shall we say that's that?"
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"Yes. I suppose we shall."
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"-Good. -Thank you."
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"Is there anything I can do? In the meantime."
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"No, no, no. Thank you, Martin."
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"Actually, Martin..."
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"A tutor."
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"-Ma'am? -I'd like to engage one."
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