Tony Abbott Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning.”

“The smart way to improve broadband is not to junk the existing network but to make the most of it. It's to let a competitive market deliver the speeds that people need at an affordable price with government improving infrastructure in the areas where market competition won't deliver it.”

“I think that political marriages are subject to more strain than most precisely because of the nature of politics.”

“I feel a little uncomfortable at being asked the sorts of questions that other Catholics in public life tend not to be asked.”

“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.”

“I think my wife and my kids are incredibly good to allow me to stay in public life given that they have to cop a whole lot of collateral attention that, being human, they'd rather not get.”

“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.”

“I'm not saying that people on welfare don't contribute in their own way, but as many as possible should be encouraged to be economically active as well as socially and culturally active.”

“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.”

“You try turning up in America without documents, without a visa, without a passport; you'll be treated as very, very much illegal.”