Quote

I am a model of positivity compared to the kinds of vitriol, the kinds of destructive criticisms that Labor members of parliament have been making of each other.

Tony Abbott

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Tony Abbott
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: November 4
Politician
Prime Minister Of Australia
Anthony John Abbott
Anthony John Tony Abbott
Criticism
Vitriol
Models
Criticisms
Labor
Parliament
Members
Positivity
Making
Compared
Kind
Destructive
Model
Kinds

More quotes by Tony Abbott

Image
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.
Tony Abbott
Image
I am, as you know, hugely unconvinced by the so-called settled science on climate change.
Tony Abbott
Image
There will be no surprises and no excuses from a Coalition government, Barrie.
Tony Abbott
Image
It's very easy for Australians living in big cities to either romanticise or demonise the situation in Aboriginal places - to kind of look at things through the 'noble innocents' prism or through the 'chronically dysfunctional' prism, and I suspect that is so often the case.
Tony Abbott
Image
We are a very like-minded group, the senior members of this government. The outliers are not very far away from the mainstream.
Tony Abbott
Image
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.
Tony Abbott
Image
There are no factions in the Liberal Party
Tony Abbott
Image
Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account.
Tony Abbott
Image
People who have put money aside on the basis of a certain set of rules shouldn't have that money raided just because government has got a problem.
Tony Abbott
Image
The role of CO2 is not nearly as clear as the climate catastrophists would suggest.
Tony Abbott
Image
I instinctively try to protect people from filth.
Tony Abbott
Image
We are sticking with the plan. We have a plan to get taxes down, to get regulation down, to get productivity up, to create jobs, to reduce taxes, to boost prosperity. The plan is working and we are sticking with it.
Tony Abbott
Image
All of the people who are using their BlackBerries or their iPhones, Facebook, all of the people who are sitting in cafes and hotels rooms doing their work, they're all using wireless technology, and we shouldn't assume that the only way of the future is high speed cable.
Tony Abbott
Image
When the world is in trouble, Australia responds. Australia is a good, global citizen.
Tony Abbott
Image
I don't think my religious convictions should be held against me.
Tony Abbott
Image
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.
Tony Abbott
Image
We are going to be a government of no surprises and no excuses a government which keeps its commitments and a government which is straight and candid with the Australian people and that's what we intend to do.
Tony Abbott
Image
I think there is no doubt that the advent of 24/7 news channels, which are voracious in their demand for constant new content, has accelerated the political process. The rise of social media, in addition to talkback, I think has intensified the political process.
Tony Abbott
Image
I'm not really managing the work-life balance, I'm just accepting that the work increases and the ordinary life has to decrease when you're the prime minister.
Tony Abbott
Image
I think that people should come to Australia through the front door, not through the back door. If people want a migration outcome, they should go through the migration channels.
Tony Abbott