Tony Abbott Quotes
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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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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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Today, we have got more excuses from the government.
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No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.
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There will be no overall increase in the tax burden whatsoever.
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There are some issues where ministers should come and talk to the prime minister, if the prime minister hasn't already talked to them. Any issue which a minister thinks is going to be profoundly controversial, where we do not have a clear existing position, it is important that there be a conversation between the minister and the prime minister. I think they all understand that and I think it is working very well.
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Jesus knew that there was a place for everything and it’s not necessarily everyone’s place to come to Australia.
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And a government that accepts that it will be judged more by its deeds than by its mere words.
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We are looking at what more we can do. As well as a strong security response we need a strong humanitarian one.
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Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.
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Tony Abbott's books are so amazing!
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All of the people who are using their BlackBerries or their iPhones, Facebook, all of the people who are sitting in cafes and hotels rooms doing their work, they're all using wireless technology, and we shouldn't assume that the only way of the future is high speed cable.
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More excuses for more failures.
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You cannot win an election without a fight.
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The one thing that has changed dramatically when you talk to the people of New Zealand and people from Ireland? They feel a darned-sight better about themselves because they made the decision to do what they've done, and I can say to you, we would feel a bloody darned sight better about ourselves once we get an opportunity to put this vote on same-sex marriage out there.
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Climate change is crap.
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We cannot suffer a person by his affidavit to arraign the whole justice of the country and its administration.
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We've got to get the system right. That's why we've got this root-and-branch reform under way.
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Labor has come out with a series of proposals to increase taxes, including taxes on people across Australia saving for their retirement, he has actually identified so far zero dollars in spending reductions.
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I want to see an end to sovereign risk questions over Australia.
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I think that political marriages are subject to more strain than most precisely because of the nature of politics.
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Certainly, my uni days involved some statements that I wouldn't make today.
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My commitment to the forgotten families of Australia is to ease your cost of living pressure.