Tony Abbott quotes - page 5

I do enjoy exercise, not because I am an exercise junkie but because it's terrific stress release. (Tony Abbott)
I feel a little uncomfortable at being asked the sorts of questions that other Catholics in public life tend not to be asked. View quote
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I think that people should come to Australia through the front door, not through the back door. If people want a migration outcome, they should go through the migration channels. View quote
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I think that political marriages are subject to more strain than most precisely because of the nature of politics. View quote
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Certainly, my uni days involved some statements that I wouldn't make today. View quote
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If people are going to do things which have certain consequences that they would rather avoid, they should do whatever they need to avoid the consequences. View quote
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I think that the best things that governments can do for productivity is not whack on new taxes and, if we can get institutions like schools and hospitals functioning better, well that's obviously good for the overall productiveness of our society. View quote
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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.' View quote
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Political parties don't work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone else to follow. View quote
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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. View quote
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My commitment to the forgotten families of Australia is to ease your cost of living pressure. (Tony Abbott)
Well, I'm not saying that an emissions tax is ever going to be good policy. View quote
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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. View quote
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For small business men and women, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family. View quote
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You cannot win an election without a fight. View quote
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I think that marriage is, dare I say it, between a man and a woman, hopefully for life and there are all sorts of other relationships which should be acknowledged and recognised, but I don't know that they can be recognised as marriage. View quote
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I think my wife and my kids are incredibly good to allow me to stay in public life given that they have to cop a whole lot of collateral attention that, being human, they'd rather not get. View quote
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Faith is important to me. It's important to millions of Australians. It helps to shape who I am. It helps to shape my values. But it must never, never dictate my politics. View quote
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A tax cut to compensate for a tax increase is not a cut - it's a con. View quote
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I don't think my religious convictions should be held against me. View quote
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I want to make it clear I do not judge or condemn any woman who has had an abortion. There would not be anyone under 50 in this country who has not come up close and personal against this issue. I accept that resolutions made in church often wilt under the hot breath of passion - I think I know that as well as any person in this chamber - but every abortion is a tragedy and up to 100,000 abortions a year is this generation's legacy of unutterable shame. (Tony Abbott)
I certainly have always said that the whole issue here was to try to ensure that we empowered women...[and] gave women in a very difficult position all the support they needed to make what was for them the best possible choice. View quote
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The love and commitment between two people of the same sex can be as strong as that between husband and wife... There is more moral quality in a relationship between two people devoted to each other for decades than in many a short-lived marriage. Still, however deeply affectionate or long lasting it may be, the relationship between two people of the same sex cannot be a marriage because a marriage, by definition, is between a man and a woman... Let's celebrate all strong relationships, whether they are between a man and a woman or between people of the same sex but let's be careful about describing every lasting sexual bond as a 'marriage'." View quote
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It's pretty obvious that, well, sometimes shit happens, doesn't it? View quote
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We need to attract and retain better teachers to remote schools. And we need to empower remote community leadership that's ready to take more responsibility for what happens there. The objective is not to dictate to the states their decisions about teachers' pay but to work with them so that whatever they do is more effective. It's not to impose new rules on remote communities but to work with local leaders who want change for the better. View quote
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