People Quotes by Tony Abbott

I can't promise that I won't continue to embarrass people.

— Tony Abbott

The truth is I try to take people as I find them.

— Tony Abbott

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

— Tony Abbott

The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses.

— Tony Abbott

Once people come to Australia, they join the team.

— Tony Abbott

Australia would play its role in taking displaced people from the Syrian conflict.

— Tony Abbott

We just can’t stop people from being homeless if that’s their choice.

— Tony Abbott

Aboriginal people have much to celebrate in this country's British heritage

— Tony Abbott

For small business people, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family.

— Tony Abbott

I'm not saying that people on welfare don't contribute in their own way, but as many as possible should be encouraged to…

— Tony Abbott

There may not be a great job for [Aboriginal people] but whatever there is, they just have to do it, and if…

— Tony Abbott

I am not being negative, I am simply being factual when I say Kevin Rudd is the best friend the people smugglers…

— Tony Abbott

Abortion is the easy way out. It’s hardly surprising that people should choose the most convenient exit from awkward situations.

— Tony Abbott

Part of my role, I suppose, is to run government business in the House of Representatives, and try to ensure that people…

— Tony Abbott

People who have put money aside on the basis of a certain set of rules shouldn't have that money raided just because…

— Tony Abbott

Whether carbon dioxide is quite the environmental villain that some people make it out to be is not yet proven.

— Tony Abbott

Labor has come out with a series of proposals to increase taxes, including taxes on people across Australia saving for their retirement,…

— Tony Abbott

All of the people who are using their BlackBerries or their iPhones, Facebook, all of the people who are sitting in cafes…

— Tony Abbott

Like the Governor-General, when asked what you enjoy most about the job my tendency is to say "today", because of the insights…

— Tony Abbott

I've always avoided those sorts of self-assessments because if you give yourself a 10 out of 10 people think you're a big…

— Tony Abbott

The smart way to improve broadband is not to junk the existing network but to make the most of it. It’s to…

— Tony Abbott

The problem with politicians getting to know the issues in indigenous townships is that we tend to suffer from what Aboriginal people…

— Tony Abbott

What I would like to see is sufficiently good education and health services being delivered to Aboriginal people so that they are…

— Tony Abbott

Putting labels on people is so counter-productive. Most of us on some issues could be considered conservative, on other issues could be…

— Tony Abbott

What we are determined to do is to take more people from Syria and that war-torn part of the world as a…

— 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

I instinctively try to protect people from filth.

— 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…

— Tony Abbott

For small business men and women, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family.

— Tony Abbott

I'm confident that there are plenty of people who have the strength of character and the presence of mind to warn me…

— Tony Abbott

And the commitment that I've been giving to the Australian people is that there'll be no surprises and no excuses under a…

— Tony Abbott

I think that people should come to Australia through the front door, not through the back door. If people want a migration…

— Tony Abbott

There are tens, perhaps hundreds of millions of people living in poverty and danger who might readily seek to enter a Western…

— Tony Abbott

If people are going to do things which have certain consequences that they would rather avoid, they should do whatever they need…

— Tony Abbott

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

— Tony Abbott

The argument [behind climate change] is absolute crap. However, the politics of this are tough for us. Eighty per cent of people…

— Tony Abbott

Should we choose to extend our airstrikes into Syria, we will be doing this in the collective self-defence of Iraq. We would…

— Tony Abbott

Now, I know that there are some Aboriginal people who aren’t happy with Australia Day. For them it remains Invasion Day. I…

— Tony Abbott

The media - and I'm not blaming them - obviously like to seize on the differences between people and, sure, there are…

— 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