Tony Abbott Quotes
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Both Mum and Dad were converts to Catholicism, and normally if you convert to Catholicism you have thought about it more than someone who just grew up with it, taking it for granted.
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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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And the commitment that I've been giving to the Australian people is that there'll be no surprises and no excuses under a Coalition government.
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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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Taxes will always be lower under a Coalition government.
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Middle income families with children are Australia’s new poor.
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No cuts to health , no cuts to education, no cuts to pensions.
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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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I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning.
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I am in favour of the notion of Australia as an immigrant society.
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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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So, my friends, in a week or so the Governor-General will swear in a new government.
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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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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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I know politicians are going to be judged on everything they say but sometimes in the heat of discussion you go a little bit further than you would if it was an absolutely calm, considered, prepared, scripted remark. The statements that need to be taken absolutely as gospel truth are those carefully prepared scripted remarks.
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You cannot win an election without a fight.
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Today, we have got more excuses from the government.
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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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What I would like to see is sufficiently good education and health services being delivered to Aboriginal people so that they are prepared and ready to leave and join the economic mainstream if that's their choice.
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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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We are about getting things done. We are not about the blame game. We are not about making excuses.
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I've always been very wary of debates involving women.
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We accept that sometimes in difficult circumstances, difficult things happen.
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They've changed the salesman but they haven't changed the product.