Tony Abbott Quotes
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The argument behind climate change is absolute crap. However, the politics of this are tough for us. Eighty per cent of people believe climate change is a real and present danger.
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The last thing Australia needs right now is instability and uncertainty.
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No country or continent can open its borders to all comers without fundamentally weakening itself and this is the risk that the countries of Europe run through misguided altruism.
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Western civilisation came to this country in 1788 and I'm proud of that...
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Do we really want to invest $50 billion of hard earned taxpayers money in what is essentially a video entertainment system?
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I want to be a very good friend to Indonesia, but there are some things which are non-negotiable. Border protection is just non-negotiable. Maintaining a strong security network is just non-negotiable. I think the Indonesians understand that.
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I mean there are many, many people in all sorts of different countries who don't have a great life, who are subject to injustice. Are we obliged to take all of them who come here? I think the answer is 'Not necessarily.'
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We are about getting things done. We are not about the blame game. We are not about making excuses.
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I feel a little uncomfortable at being asked the sorts of questions that other Catholics in public life tend not to be asked.
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They've changed the salesman but they haven't changed the product.
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I am in favour of the notion of Australia as an immigrant society.
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We accept that sometimes in difficult circumstances, difficult things happen.
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It is a very heavy responsibility to be a prime-minister to make, but someone has to make it for our country and I am thrilled and honoured to have that opportunity and that responsibility.
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No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.
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It was a positive sign that the conversation took place, it's a sign of the depth of the friendship between Australia and Indonesia.
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I am not being negative, I am simply being factual when I say Kevin Rudd is the best friend the people smugglers have ever had.
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Most of the people who are coming to Australia by boat have passed through several countries on the way, and if they simply wanted asylum they could have claimed that in any of the countries through which they'd passed.
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There is one fundamental message that we want to go out from this place to every nook and cranny of our country: There should be no new tax collection without an election.
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So, my friends, in a week or so the Governor-General will swear in a new government.
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We just can't stop people from being homeless if that's their choice.
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No cuts to health , no cuts to education, no cuts to pensions.
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I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning.
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In Australia’s biggest cities, public transport is generally slow, expensive, not especially reliable and still hideous drain on the public purse. Part of the problem is inefficient, overmanned, union-dominated government run train and bus systems. Mostly though, …there just aren’t enough people wanting to go from a particular place to a particular destination at a particular time to justify any vehicle larger than a car, and cars need roads.
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Part of my role, I suppose, is to run government business in the House of Representatives, and try to ensure that people know exactly what's going on in the Chamber is an important part of that.