To move past fear is a cliche. Tony Abbott More Quotes by Tony Abbott More Quotes From Tony Abbott Prima facie, every estate, whether given by will or otherwise, is supposed to be beneficial to the party to whom it is so given. Tony Abbott estatesgivenparty We have a strong and credible broadband policy because the man who has devised it, the man who will implement it virtually invented the Internet in this country. Tony Abbott strongmencountry I do not regard myself as a Christian politician. I regard myself as a politician who just happens to think religion matters. I would be appalled, absolutely appalled, to think religion drove anyone's politics in a secular democracy like ours. Tony Abbott democracychristianthinking We cannot suffer a person by his affidavit to arraign the whole justice of the country and its administration. Tony Abbott sufferingjusticecountry 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. Tony Abbott partychangethinking 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. Tony Abbott monthspeacepeople We've got to maintain freedom of navigation of the seas and in the air. Tony Abbott freedomairsea The choice made by families not to immunize their children is not supported by public policy or medical research nor should such action be supported by taxpayers in the form of child care payments. Tony Abbott choices-maderesearchchildren Victory is within our ready grasp...We are in reach of a famous victory Tony Abbott readyvictory I think I would say to my daughters if they were to ask me this question... it [their virginity] is the greatest gift that you can give someone, the ultimate gift of giving and don't give it to someone lightly, that's what I would say. Tony Abbott daughtergivingthinking My mum and mad were both very generous, encouraging parents. Tony Abbott mummadparent I understand that government should live within its means, value the money it holds in trust from you the taxpayer, avoid waste and, above all else, observe the first maxim of good government: namely, do no avoidable harm. Tony Abbott wastegovernmentmean The climate change argument is absolute crap Tony Abbott crapargumentclimate While I think men and women are equal, they are also different and I think it's inevitable and I don't think it's a bad thing at all that we always have, say, more women doing things like physiotherapy and an enormous number of women simply doing housework. Tony Abbott numbersmenthinking Why isn’t the fact that 100,000 women choose to end their pregnancies regarded as a national tragedy approaching the scale, say, of Aboriginal life expectancy being 20 years less than that of the general community? Tony Abbott communitypregnancyyears 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. Tony Abbott realbelievepeople This is a government which is proposing to put at risk our manufacturing industry, to penalise struggling families, to make a tough situation worse for millions of households right around Australia. And for what? To make not a scrap of difference to the environment any time in the next 1000 years. Tony Abbott australiagovernmentstruggle Whether carbon dioxide is quite the environmental villain that some people make it out to be is not yet proven. Tony Abbott environmentalvillainpeople Another big problem with any Australian emissions reduction scheme is that it would not make a material difference to atmospheric carbon concentrations unless the big international polluters had similar schemes. Tony Abbott differencesbigsproblem We can't conclusively say whether man-made carbon dioxide emissions are contributing to climate change. Tony Abbott climatemademen
