Tony Abbott Quotes - Page 8

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• When politicians complain about the media, it strikes me as resembling footballers complaining about the umpire.

  Tony Abbott

  Media, Umpires, Complaining

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• A government that says what it means, and means what it says.

  Tony Abbott

  Mean, Government, Excuse

  "'We've fundamentally honoured core commitments' says Tony Abbott". "7.30 Report" with Leigh Sales, www.abc.net.au. December 4, 2014.

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• So, my friends, in a week or so the Governor-General will swear in a new government.

  Tony Abbott

  Government, Excuse, Week

  Tony Abbott's victory speech, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2013.

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• I'm not running for canonisation.

  Tony Abbott

  Running

  "Tony Abbott on Q and A". www.abc.net.au. April 5, 2010.

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• There will be no overall increase in the tax burden whatsoever.

  Tony Abbott

  Burden, Increase, Taxes

  Australia politics live with Katharine Murphy, www.theguardian.com. May 13, 2015.

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

  Tony Abbott

  Government, Legislation, Accounts

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There will be no surprises and no excuses from a Coalition government, Barrie.

  Tony Abbott

  Government, No Excuses, Surprise

  "Insiders" with Barrie Cassidy, www.abc.net.au. September 1, 2013.

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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.

  Tony Abbott

  Kids, Thinking, Wife

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In drawing an inference or conclusion from facts proved, regard must always be had to the nature of the particular case, and the facility that appears to be afforded, either of explanation or contradiction. No person is to be required to explain or contradict, until enough has been proved to warrant a reasonable and just conclusion against him, in the absence of explanation or contradiction.

  Tony Abbott

  Drawing, Facts, Absence

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• There will be no surprises, there will be no excuses, we will do what we've said we will do.

  Tony Abbott

  No Excuses, Surprise, Excuse

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• I don't think my religious convictions should be held against me.

  Tony Abbott

  Religious, Thinking, Conviction

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There are no factions in the Liberal Party

  Tony Abbott

  Party, Factions, Liberal Party

  SKY NEWS PVO NEWS DAY with Peter Van Onselen, www.minister.communications.gov.au. 20 January 2016.

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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.

  Tony Abbott

  Who I Am, Important, Shapes

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Tony Abbott

  People, Choices, Economic

  "Insiders" with Barrie Cassidy, www.abc.net.au. May 24, 2009.

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• There are tens, perhaps hundreds of millions of people living in poverty and danger who might readily seek to enter a Western country if the opportunity is there.

  Tony Abbott

  Country, Opportunity, People

  Transcript of former prime minister Tony Abbott’s address to the Second Annual Margaret Thatcher Lecture in London, October 27, 2015.

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• There's a sense in which politicians can never work hard enough.

  Tony Abbott

  Hard Work, Politician, Enough

  Australia politics live with Katharine Murphy, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2015.

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• I was a very senior minister in the Howard government and I sat around this particular table [in the prime ministerial office] in many discussions. The difference between being a senior minister and the prime minister is that ultimately the buck does stop with the prime minister and in the end the prime minister has to make those critical judgement calls and that's the big difference.

  Tony Abbott

  Senior, Differences, Government

  "Grattan on Friday: In Conversation with Tony Abbott". Interview with Michelle Grattan, theconversation.com. March 27, 2014.

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