Rory Bremner Quotes

When a new president comes in, a new president gets to clean house.

I think the country requires fresh leadership. I do not think I can be the captain to take the country to its next destination.

When a new government comes, even the detractors want to give them a chance because they have been voted in by the people of the country.

For four years, Americans have waited for the faintest light to flicker at the end of the tunnel. And this President has let them down again and again and again. It is time to move on. It is time for a leader who will lead. That leader is Mitt Romney.

So, President Obama wants to change America. I understand that. We don't need to change America. We need to change the White House. We need to change the leadership in the White House.

Arafat's departure has created an awesome opportunity.

Uncertainty is normal in the first few days of a new government.

We need to dig deep and give people a reason to be optimistic just as Obama is doing in America. Because in the same way that outcome of the U.S. elections will change the course of events there and around the world, so too do politics here in Britain.

And my friends, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

In politics, as in poetry, it is sometimes true that it is darkest before dawn.

I have moved on from being a British parliamentarian, I have moved on from being a New Labour politician, I have moved on from being the supporter in the active day-to-day sense of Tony Blair.

I am tired, I would like to rest, it’s time for the country to be ruled by younger leaders.

Any plan of reconstruction is wrong that tends to leave these old leaders in power.

People are genuinely excited about taking the country in another direction.

I've seen such a turnaround with this new administration, with President Trump, that when we came to a conclusion, the answer was yes - yes, we can make a difference.

We all have expectations but sometimes the greatest thing is to be surprised with what happens and to find out that it is quite different from the way you imagined it.

One of the biggest challenges for any new administration is contending with its predecessor's priorities and beginning to advance its own.

I was there when Gordon Brown basically was taking over - so right in the middle of that transition. It was fantastic; I learnt a lot.

As I prepare to take over the reins of your government, I ask each of you to join me in the process of governing.

It is time Britain put its trust back into the Labour Party. I believe I am the candidate that can make this happen precisely because I am not associated with the past.

There's a different leader in Syria now. Many of the members of Congress of both parties who have gone to Syria in recent months have said they believe he's a reformer.

The president-elect [Donald Trump] finds himself in an unfamiliar and, perhaps, uncomfortable position. The enemies he's been fighting against are gone.

The question Tony Blair should be reflecting on this weekend is having achieved this, having secured his place in the history of the Labour Party and the history of Britain, whether now might be a better time to let a new leader in who could then achieve the unity we need if we are going to go forward.

I am happy for there to be a leadership contest. I think there should be.

Here's to new beginnings," Stuart says and raises his bourbon. I nod, sort of wanting to tell him that all beginnings are new.