"I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly."
Apparently uttered after nearly falling out of a black cab in Downing Str and a lady admonished him for being intoxicated
I think the correct quote is -
“The best argument against Democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”
One is left to make one's own interpretation, is it ignorance, intelligence, bigotry ...
Do you recall previously the switch working as you expect it should? Could it be that, with the requirements in your country, that the system has been programmed to only switch all the lights on?