292 Quotes by Tony Abbott

We are naturally reluctant as a peace-loving people to reach out to far-away conflicts but, as we know, this conflict has been reaching out to us for months now.

It's very easy for Australians living in big cities to either romanticise or demonise the situation in Aboriginal places - to kind of look at things through the 'noble innocents' prism or through the 'chronically dysfunctional' prism, and I suspect that is so often the case

There are no factions in the Liberal Party

It was a positive sign that the conversation took place, it's a sign of the depth of the friendship between Australia and Indonesia.

I think anything which improves services is in principle a good thing.

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.

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

Human society was so constituted, for human nature was so constituted, that the honour and dignity of a father were connected with that of a son; and there was no son who must not be disturbed and disquieted by imputations on his father.

My commitment to the forgotten families of Australia is to ease your cost of living pressure