Tony Abbott Quotes
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Western civilisation came to this country in 1788 and I'm proud of that...
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The last thing Australia needs right now is instability and uncertainty.
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Certainly, my uni days involved some statements that I wouldn't make today.
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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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There is much to be said for an emissions trading scheme. It was, after all, the mechanism for emission reduction ultimately chosen by the Howard government.
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A presumption of any fact is, properly, an inferring of that fact from other facts that are known; it is an act of reasoning; and much of human knowledge on all subjects is derived from this source.
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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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We are about getting things done. We are not about the blame game. We are not about making excuses.
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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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I've always been very wary of debates involving women.
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I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning.
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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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You cannot win an election without a fight.
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If you don't want to work weekends, don't.
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Today, we have got more excuses from the government.
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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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There will be no overall increase in the tax burden whatsoever.
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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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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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I want to see an end to sovereign risk questions over Australia.
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Middle income families with children are Australia’s new poor.
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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.