--- title: "1 Democracy Giving Quotes By Robin Cook" description: "1 Democracy Giving quotes by Robin Cook. Plus more from Robin Cook and more Democracy Giving sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ae/robin-cook-25575_accepting_there-is-a-connection-waiting-to-be-made_1597820.png" --- > [There is a connection waiting to be made between the decline in democratic participation and the explosion in new ways of communicating. We need not accept the paradox that gives us more ways than ever to speak, and leaves the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-cook/there-is-a-connection-waiting-to-be-made-between-the-decline-in/) [Robin Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ae/robin-cook-25575_accepting_there-is-a-connection-waiting-to-be-made_1597820.png) ## More by Robin Cook > [Bin Laden was, though, a product of a monumental miscalculation by western security agencies. Throughout the 80s he was armed by the CIA and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-cook/bin-laden-was-though-a-product-of-a-monumental-miscalculation-by/) [Robin Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-cook/) > [Chicken masala is now Britain's true national dish, not only because it is the most popular, but because it is a perfect illustration of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-cook/chicken-masala-is-now-britain-s-true-national-dish-not-only-because/) [Robin Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-cook/) > [Saddam is neither friend nor brother to us, and he will never pay off debts to us. It's the question of precedent: today the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-cook/saddam-is-neither-friend-nor-brother-to-us-and-he-will-never-pay-off/) [Robin Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-cook/) > [The truth is, there is no Islamic army or terrorist group called Al Qaida. And any informed intelligence officer knows this. But there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-cook/the-truth-is-there-is-no-islamic-army-or-terrorist-group-called-al/) [Robin Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-cook/) > [I may not have succeeded in halting the war, but I did secure the right of parliament to decide on war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-cook/i-may-not-have-succeeded-in-halting-the-war-but-i-did-secure-the/) [Robin Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-cook/) > [“over his body. The skin of the thorax that had been removed was draped over his legs. On it was a large tattoo of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-cook/over-his-body-the-skin-of-the-thorax-that-had-been-removed-was-draped/) [Robin Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-cook/) > [“Then, as Noah would say, the shit hit the fan. On two occasions, he was hauled before the Residency Advisory Board, which was particularly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-cook/then-as-noah-would-say-the-shit-hit-the-fan-on-two-occasions-he-was/) [Robin Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-cook/) > [The question Tony Blair should be reflecting on this weekend is having achieved this, having secured his place in the history of the Labour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-cook/the-question-tony-blair-should-be-reflecting-on-this-weekend-is/) [Robin Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-cook/) > [There is a connection waiting to be made between the decline in democratic participation and the explosion in new ways of communicating. We need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-cook/there-is-a-connection-waiting-to-be-made-between-the-decline-in/) [Robin Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-cook/) > [Tony Blair has to consider very carefully to what extent he can leave Britain, the party and the nation guessing as to when exactly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-cook/tony-blair-has-to-consider-very-carefully-to-what-extent-he-can-leave/) [Robin Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-cook/) > [There were no international terrorists in Iraq until we went in. It was we who gave the perfect conditions in which Al Qaeda could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-cook/there-were-no-international-terrorists-in-iraq-until-we-went-in-it/) [Robin Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-cook/) > [Medical school had been a time for imaginary diseases and Martin had contracted almost all of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-cook/medical-school-had-been-a-time-for-imaginary-diseases-and-martin-had/) [Robin Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-cook/) > [She thought about how marvelous is would be to have a wife keeping the house in order, the meals on the table. At the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-cook/she-thought-about-how-marvelous-is-would-be-to-have-a-wife-keeping/) [Robin Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-cook/) > [I can't accept collective responsibility for the decision to commit Britain now to military action in Iraq without international agreement or domestic support.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-cook/i-can-t-accept-collective-responsibility-for-the-decision-to-commit/) [Robin Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-cook/) > [“A investigação podia dar esperanças para o futuro, curando as doenças... mas tinha um outro potencial muito mais perturbador.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-cook/a-investiga-o-podia-dar-esperan-as-para-o-futuro-curando-as-doen-as/) [Robin Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-cook/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/democracy-giving/robin-cook/#itemlist", "name": "1 Democracy Giving Quotes By Robin Cook", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is a connection waiting to be made between the decline in democratic participation and the explosion in new ways of communicating. 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