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I'm not running for canonisation.

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Tony Abbott
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: November 4
Politician
Prime Minister Of Australia
Anthony John Abbott
Anthony John Tony Abbott
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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 like, no surprises, no excuses. That will be the motto of an incoming Coalition government. No surprises, no excuses.
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I just think that this whole issue of creating potential human life, not to give life, but to give the scientists a bit more of a leg-up, is fraught with danger.
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Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.
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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.
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Well, I'm not saying that an emissions tax is ever going to be good policy.
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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.
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There is much to be said for an emissions trading scheme. It was, after all, the mechanism for emission reduction ultimately chosen by the Howard government.
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A presumption of any fact is, properly, an inferring of that fact from other facts that are known it is an act of reasoning and much of human knowledge on all subjects is derived from this source.
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I think we've produced a stronger prohibition on real racism, while maintaining freedom of speech in ordinary public discussion. So I'm very comfortable with where we're at. We're not dogmatic or impervious to a further argument, that's why we released it as an exposure draft rather than simply releasing it straight into the parliament.
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Now if you are condemned to life on welfare, I'm not so sure that being in a bigger welfare village is that much better than being in a smaller welfare village.
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I think that the best things that governments can do for productivity is not whack on new taxes and, if we can get institutions like schools and hospitals functioning better, well that's obviously good for the overall productiveness of our society.
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There's always a lot happening. I mean, that's the thing about politics: it's just one damn thing after another!
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There will be no overall increase in the tax burden whatsoever.
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To move past fear is a cliche.
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I instinctively try to protect people from filth.
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The problem with politicians getting to know the issues in indigenous townships is that we tend to suffer from what Aboriginal people call the 'seagull syndrome' - we fly in, scratch around and fly out.
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If I was in a refugee camp somewhere on the Pakistani border, of course I'd want to come to Australia.
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Our police, our hard-working police, that our extraordinarily committed and dedicated military personnel, I'm really pleased that they are getting a good paid parental leave scheme.
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I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning.
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If people are going to do things which have certain consequences that they would rather avoid, they should do whatever they need to avoid the consequences.
Tony Abbott