292 Quotes by Tony Abbott

I know politicians are going to be judged on everything they say but sometimes in the heat of discussion you go a little bit further than you would if it was an absolutely calm, considered, prepared, scripted remark. The statements that need to be taken absolutely as gospel truth are those carefully prepared scripted remarks.

Well, I'm not saying that an emissions tax is ever going to be good policy.

When you are challenging the young, they can come back at you with language of tremendous power and they are no respecters of sacred cows, you know, the young. There's nothing politically correct about the average young Australian when it comes to use of language.

Political parties don't work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone else to follow.

We have already provided a strong humanitarian response to the problems in the Middle East and that response will be stronger within coming days.

The Liberal Party has dealt with the spill motion and now this matter is behind us, we think that when you elect a government, when you elect a prime minister, you deserve to keep that government and that prime minister until you have a chance to change your mind.

If we boost productivity, we can improve economic growth.

I don't think that my particular religious convictions should be held against me in this campaign any more than the Prime Minister's lack of convictions should be held against her.

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