292 Quotes by Tony Abbott

You cannot win an election without a fight

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.

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

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

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

And the commitment that I've been giving to the Australian people is that there'll be no surprises and no excuses under a Coalition government.

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

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.

Well, Michael, we will be telling the people of Australia in good time before the next election exactly what they can expect from us. No surprises, no excuses. They will be our watch words going into the election and afterwards, should we form a government.