Tony Abbott Quotes

The only party which is going to increase taxes after the election is the Labor Party.

I was pointing out the depth of the friendship between Australia and Indonesia and the fact that Australia has been there for Indonesia when Indonesia has been in difficulty.

You cannot win an election without a fight

A midnight knock on the door followed by execution is no way a leader should be treated.

The role of CO2 is not nearly as clear as the climate catastrophists would suggest.

Certainly, my uni days involved some statements that I wouldn't make today.

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

The argument [behind climate change] is absolute crap. However, the politics of this are tough for us. Eighty per cent of people believe climate change is a real and present danger.

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

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.

There are no factions in the Liberal Party

Western civilisation came to this country in 1788 and I'm proud of that...

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

They've changed the salesman but they haven't changed the product.

I'm not running for canonisation.

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

I am not being negative, I am simply being factual when I say Kevin Rudd is the best friend the people smugglers have ever had

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

We will be a consultative, collegial government. No surprises, no excuses. That's what you'll get under the Coalition.

We are about getting things done. We are not about the blame game. We are not about making excuses.

I think that it's high time that the Prime Minister stopped making excuses for bad policy and started listening to the forgotten families of Australia.

Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.

Tony Abbott's books are so amazing!

Victory is within our ready grasp...We are in reach of a famous victory

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

A government that understands the limits of power as well as its potential.

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

There is much to be said for an emissions trading scheme. It was, after all, the mechanism for emission reduction ultimately chosen by the Howard government.

A tax cut to compensate for a tax increase is not a cut - it's a con.

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

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

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.

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.

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

For small business people, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family.