Tony Abbott Quotes
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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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The only thing I wouldn't do is sell my arse.
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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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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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I want to see an end to sovereign risk questions over Australia.
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We are sticking with the plan. We have a plan to get taxes down, to get regulation down, to get productivity up, to create jobs, to reduce taxes, to boost prosperity. The plan is working and we are sticking with it.
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I do enjoy exercise, not because I am an exercise junkie but because it's terrific stress release.
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The problem with the Australian practice of abortion is that an objectively grave matter has been reduced to a question of the mother’s convenience.
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We are a very like-minded group, the senior members of this government. The outliers are not very far away from the mainstream.
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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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I just think that this whole issue of creating potential human life, not to give life, but to give the scientists a bit more of a leg-up, is fraught with danger.
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When the world is in trouble, Australia responds. Australia is a good, global citizen.
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In respect of Indonesia, I am determined to be the best possible friend of Indonesia that I can be, consistent with my overriding duty to protect our country. We would never do anything that was damaging to Indonesia, because we want Indonesia to flourish. We want Indonesia to take its rightful place as one of the really important countries of the world, as it will, sooner or later.
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The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses.
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I see myself as a social conservative, but I think that there are lots of social institutions that produce beneficial reforms, like public hospitals, for instance, and schools.
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To move past fear is a cliche.
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It is fit that justice should be administered with great caution.
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Now, I know that there are some Aboriginal people who aren’t happy with Australia Day. For them it remains Invasion Day. I think a better view is the view of Noel Pearson, who has said that Aboriginal people have much to celebrate in this country’s British Heritage.
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I am, as you know, hugely unconvinced by the so-called settled science on climate change.
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There's always a lot happening. I mean, that's the thing about politics: it's just one damn thing after another!
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You cannot win an election without a fight.
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Every prime minister has a whole series of networks, and there are official formal networks and there are unofficial informal networks. I'm lucky in that I have good official formal networks, starting with my own office, the leadership group, the cabinet and the party room.
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To be sociable, I puffed on a marijuana cigarette, but I didn't inhale...I just hate the idea of drawing smoke into my lungs.
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I'm confident that there are plenty of people who have the strength of character and the presence of mind to warn me of difficulties and alert me to opportunities.