Robin Cook Quotes

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.

I think that there is never an indispensable leader, you know? I think that there is a time with dignity that one needs to leave.

I hope that soon after the next election, amongst them they will have decided, settled, and the leader will be ready to take over from me.

I know my limitations. I live and work according to my limitations. And my party only two weeks ago has clearly declared that the leader of the party after Ms Sonia Gandhi will be Mr Rahul Gandhi. And all of us, including me, have expressed our solid support to Mr Rahul Gandhi.

It is now in Gordon Brown's - and the Labour party's - best interests for those seeking the prime minister's immediate departure to back off.

Is Tony Blair of the Labour party? The answer to that is profoundly 'yes', but that is not how, sentimentally, he is regarded in the Labour movement generally.

While loyalists and defectors overall said John Smith did a better job of standing up for Labour's values, they put Blair ahead on representing the whole country, appealing beyond traditional Labour voters and offering strong, competent leadership; switchers to the Tories gave him a clear lead in all categories.

Tony Blair - good thing there are not parliamentary elections in this country.

I don't need a successor, only willing hands to accept the torch for a new generation.

I remember when Tony Blair came into office, and there was a sense I was thinking, 'Well, what on Earth am I going to do now?' until I realized that's exactly what he was thinking.

Vice presidents are supposed to be eternally loyal, which is why it is so difficult for some to figure out how to succeed their bosses.

We have been waiting for you so that we could turn over the government.

Change in leadership does not only come in a pin stripe suit with a bald spot on its head.

In an Inaguaral Address, it’s important not to kick the predecessor.

As a company grows from 25 to 50 to 100 to 200 to 500 to 1000 people, the characteristics of who is the very best talent in leadership roles will change. It's rarely the case that your leadership team at 1000 people is the same leadership team you had a 25 people.

I think we're ready for succession. We just must try to do it right.

It takes time, but I have a promising team of younger Ministers, and I am quite sure from amongst them, one leader will emerge.

There are very good people in the Labour Party who I would like to see in leadership.

I know I should not be a hindrance to SoftBank's future growth and that I need to pass on the baton to the younger generation.

Two considerations led President Carlos Salinas de Gortari to choose Luis Donaldo Colosio as his successor: history and loyalty.

My goal is to unite the party, to bring it together.

My travels have made clear that people across this state - from every political perspective - are looking for a new leader in Albany.

I don't believe in the coach-in-waiting thing. I don't think that works.

I will continue to help run my father's company.