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title: "18 Coalition Government Quotes by 15 authors"
description: "Browse 18 Coalition Government quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Coalition Government sayings and thoughts."
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> [There will be no surprises and no excuses from a Coalition government, Barrie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-abbott/there-will-be-no-surprises-and-no-excuses-from-a-coalition-government/)

[Tony Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-abbott/)

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> [Taxes will always be lower under a Coalition government](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-abbott/taxes-will-always-be-lower-under-a-coalition-government/)

[Tony Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-abbott/)

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> [I know the pain of coalition government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-d-kumaraswamy/i-know-the-pain-of-coalition-government/)

[H. D. Kumaraswamy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-d-kumaraswamy/)

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> [Rajiv Gandhi could have certainly attempted to form a Congress-led coalition government in 1990.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanjaya-baru/rajiv-gandhi-could-have-certainly-attempted-to-form-a-congress-led/)

[Sanjaya Baru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanjaya-baru/)

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> [Vajpayee had a much bigger stature than Mr Modi. He knew how to run a coalition government very successfully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naveen-patnaik/vajpayee-had-a-much-bigger-stature-than-mr-modi-he-knew-how-to-run-a/)

[Naveen Patnaik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naveen-patnaik/)

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> [You're lucky to head a coalition government. I am a coalition government on my own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-major/you-re-lucky-to-head-a-coalition-government-i-am-a-coalition/)

[John Major](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-major/)

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> [And the commitment that I've been giving to the Australian people is that there'll be no surprises and no excuses under a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-abbott/and-the-commitment-that-i-ve-been-giving-to-the-australian-people-is/)

[Tony Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-abbott/)

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> [No matter what happens in the future, whether it is a Labor government or a Coalition government, whoever is in government is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-hockey/no-matter-what-happens-in-the-future-whether-it-is-a-labor-government/)

[Joe Hockey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-hockey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c50/joe-hockey-36488_budgets_no-matter-what-happens-in-the-future-whe_92639.png)

> [We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manmohan-singh/we-are-a-coalition-government-and-that-limits-our-options-in-some/)

[Manmohan Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manmohan-singh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/313/manmohan-singh-2842_coalitions_we-are-a-coalition-government-and-that-l_470339.jpg)

> [Of course, running a coalition government in a country like India is a difficult task. More so when Congress leads the coalition,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pranab-mukherjee/of-course-running-a-coalition-government-in-a-country-like-india-is-a/)

[Pranab Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pranab-mukherjee/)

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> [I want to run a government, Barnaby wants to be part of a government, which is characterized by the motto if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-abbott/i-want-to-run-a-government-barnaby-wants-to-be-part-of-a-government/)

[Tony Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-abbott/)

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> [Civil servants are fully aware of the challenges the British economy faces. They are, after all, working tirelessly and professionally to support…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/civil-servants-are-fully-aware-of-the-challenges-the-british-economy/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The Congress and regional parties may fight against each other in certain states, but they will get united at the national level…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-chandrababu-naidu/the-congress-and-regional-parties-may-fight-against-each-other-in/)

[N. Chandrababu Naidu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-chandrababu-naidu/)

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> [I was a minister in the Vajpayee government. Atalji wanted to do so many things. But, since he was heading a coalition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sushma-swaraj/i-was-a-minister-in-the-vajpayee-government-atalji-wanted-to-do-so/)

[Sushma Swaraj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sushma-swaraj/)

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> [Madame Merkel knows very well that her conservative Christian Democratic Union or CDU, and the CSU, the Bavarian sister party to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmar-gabriel/madame-merkel-knows-very-well-that-her-conservative-christian/)

[Sigmar Gabriel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmar-gabriel/)

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> [That was an extremely unhelpful thing for Bill Shorten to say because those of us - and as the Attorney-General I've been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-brandis/that-was-an-extremely-unhelpful-thing-for-bill-shorten-to-say-because/)

[George Brandis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-brandis/)

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> [Many European parties, including the conventional parties in France, no longer have the ability to keep people together. And in terms of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmanuel-macron/many-european-parties-including-the-conventional-parties-in-france-no/)

[Emmanuel Macron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmanuel-macron/)

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> [“Delight in smooth-sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-s-churchill/delight-in-smooth-sounding-platitudes-refusal-to-face-unpleasant/)

[Winston S. Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-s-churchill/)

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