Tony Abbott quotes - page 4

Tony Abbott is an Australian politician who served as the 28th Prime Minister of Australia. Known for his conservative views, he led the Liberal Party from 2009 to 2015. He continues to be an influential figure in Australian public life. Here are 126 of his quotes:

The Coalition will end the waste, repay the debt, stop the big new taxes and, above all else, stop the boats. (Tony Abbott)

If we boost productivity, we can improve economic growth.

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Climate change is crap.

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You try turning up in America without documents, without a visa, without a passport; you'll be treated as very, very much illegal.

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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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There are no factions in the Liberal Party.

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I'm not running for canonisation.

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I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning.

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I have close family members as well as lots of close friends who are gay. Many of them strongly support gay marriage.

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The smart way to improve broadband is not to junk the existing network but to make the most of it. It's to let a competitive market deliver the speeds that people need at an affordable price with government improving infrastructure in the areas where market competition won't deliver it.

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The Australian public are very fair and they are always prepared to give the leader of a major political party a fair go. (Tony Abbott)

Now if you are condemned to life on welfare, I'm not so sure that being in a bigger welfare village is that much better than being in a smaller welfare village.

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I try to treat people as people and not put them in pigeonholes.

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To move past fear is a cliche.

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I want to see an end to sovereign risk questions over Australia.

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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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My mum and mad were both very generous, encouraging parents.

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I think anything which improves services is in principle a good thing.

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I'm not saying that people on welfare don't contribute in their own way, but as many as possible should be encouraged to be economically active as well as socially and culturally active.

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We just can't stop people from being homeless if that's their choice.

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I think leadership is knowing what you want to achieve and then purposefully and sensibly taking steps to achieve it, remembering always that you have got to bring people with you if you are seeking to be a successful political leader. (Tony Abbott)

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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Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account.

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I am in favour of the notion of Australia as an immigrant society.

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I instinctively try to protect people from filth.

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Tony Abbott

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Occupation: Australian Minister
Born: November 4, 1957
Quotes count: 126
Wikipedia: Tony Abbott

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