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

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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 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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I don't think it's a very Christian thing to come in by the back door rather than the front door.
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We are looking at what more we can do. As well as a strong security response we need a strong humanitarian one.
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A government that says what it means, and means what it says.
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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.
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You try turning up in America without documents, without a visa, without a passport you'll be treated as very, very much illegal.
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Do we really want to invest $50 billion of hard earned taxpayers money in what is essentially a video entertainment system?
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So, my friends, in a week or so the Governor-General will swear in a new government.
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Well, I'm not saying that an emissions tax is ever going to be good policy.
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The measure in the budget in relation to parental leave pay is based on a simple proposition. Most women across Australia have access to one scheme funded by the taxpayer. Some women have access to two schemes and that's great.
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I instinctively try to protect people from filth.
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The fact is that I'm interested in getting on with my job of holding the Government to account and I think that the Government should get on with the job of effectively running the country and not making excuses for poor performance, not lowering expectations. Their job is to deliver on their election commitments.
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There will be no overall increase in the tax burden whatsoever.
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We have already provided a strong humanitarian response to the problems in the Middle East and that response will be stronger within coming days.
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Political parties don't work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone else to follow.
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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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The media - and I'm not blaming them - obviously like to seize on the differences between people and, sure, there are some senior members of the government who are in a slightly different philosophical space to mine. But do not underestimate the substantial single-mindedness of this government.
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We will act to build a better world. We always have, we always will. We will act to lend a helping hand, not just here but wherever we humanly can.
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