Tony Abbott

Climate change is crap.

— Tony Abbott

I'm not running for canonisation.

— Tony Abbott

More excuses for more failures.

— Tony Abbott

I don't bring religion into the square.

— Tony Abbott

The climate change argument is absolute crap

— Tony Abbott

You cannot win an election without a fight

— Tony Abbott

A bit of body contact never hurt anyone.

— Tony Abbott

There are no factions in the Liberal Party

— Tony Abbott

I think it's time for the Prime Minister to stop making excuses and to start governing.

— Tony Abbott

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

— Tony Abbott

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

— Tony Abbott

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

— Tony Abbott

Even potential human life needs to be treated with great respect.

— Tony Abbott

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

— Tony Abbott

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

— Tony Abbott

It is fit that justice should be administered with great caution.

— Tony Abbott

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

— Tony Abbott

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

— Tony Abbott

It is very important for our long-term economic future that the relationship with Japan, Korea and China, who are our three biggest…

— Tony Abbott

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

— Tony Abbott

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

— Tony Abbott

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

— Tony Abbott

No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.

— Tony Abbott

Coal is good for humanity, coal is good for prosperity, coal is an essential part of our economic future, here in Australia,…

— Tony Abbott

We are going to be a government of no surprises and no excuses; a government which keeps its commitments and a government…

— Tony Abbott

What the housewives of Australia need to understand as they do the ironing is that if they get it done commercially it’s…

— Tony Abbott

I also think that if you want to put a price on carbon, why not just do it with a simple tax?…

— Tony Abbott

I think there does need to be give and take on both sides, and this idea that sex is kind of a…

— Tony Abbott

Most of the people who are coming to Australia by boat have passed through several countries on the way, and if they…

— Tony Abbott

We are sticking with the plan. We have a plan to get taxes down, to get regulation down, to get productivity up,…

— Tony Abbott

The Liberal Party has dealt with the spill motion and now this matter is behind us, we think that when you elect…

— Tony Abbott

The measure in the budget in relation to parental leave pay is based on a simple proposition. Most women across Australia have…

— Tony Abbott

There are some issues where ministers should come and talk to the prime minister, if the prime minister hasn't already talked to…

— Tony Abbott

There'll be some savings from preventing double dipping by public servants which are currently able to access not one but two fully…

— Tony Abbott

I was a very senior minister in the Howard government and I sat around this particular table [in the prime ministerial office]…

— Tony Abbott

In respect of Indonesia, I am determined to be the best possible friend of Indonesia that I can be, consistent with my…

— Tony Abbott

In drawing an inference or conclusion from facts proved, regard must always be had to the nature of the particular case, and…

— Tony Abbott

What will most certainly happen is that there will be very clear and full communication between the government and independents and minor…

— Tony Abbott

In Australia’s biggest cities, public transport is generally slow, expensive, not especially reliable and still hideous drain on the public purse. Part…

— Tony Abbott

The one thing that has changed dramatically when you talk to the people of New Zealand and people from Ireland? They feel…

— Tony Abbott