Tony Abbott: Trending quotes (page 2)

“It seems that, notwithstanding the dramatic increases in manmade CO2 emissions over the last decade, the world's warming has stopped.”

Tony Abbott

Quoted in "2009 Australia's second warmest year ever, according to Bureau of Meteorology figures" http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/australias-second-warmest-year-ever-according-to-bureau-of-meteorology-figures/story-e6frf7jo-1225816322149 in the Herald Sun, January 5, 2010.
2010

World

“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.”

Tony Abbott

Remarks quoted by Craig Wilson, editor of the Pyrenees Advocate, quoted in "Town of Beaufort changed Tony Abbott's view on climate change" http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/the-town-that-turned-up-the-temperature/story-e6frgczf-1225809567009 in the Australian, December 12, 2009. [no recording was made, and accounts differ of the precise wording].
2009

People , Change

“I think it would be folly to expect that women will ever dominate or even approach equal representation in a large number of areas simply because their aptitudes, abilities and interests are different for physiological reasons.”

Tony Abbott

SRC (Students Representative Council) student paper, Sydney University, 1979.
Quoted in ABC Four Corners, "The Authentic Mr Abbott" http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2010/s2846485.htm on abc.net.au, March 15, 2010.
1979

Women , Thinking

“Where hate preaching is not illegal it should at least be thoroughly answered point-by-point with a very robust defence of human rights and responsibilities.”

Tony Abbott

2015, The religion of Islam must reform (December 9, 2015)

Hate

“No cuts to education, no cuts to health, no change to pensions, no change to the GST and no cuts to the ABC or SBS”

Tony Abbott

Clarifying his election commitments in an interview with Anton Enus on SBS News and subsequently quoted in "Then and now: the Abbott government's broken promises" http://www.smh.com.au/business/federal-budget/then-and-now-the-abbott-governments-broken-promises-20140514-zrcfr.html Sydney Morning Herald, September 6, 2013.
2013

Health , Education , Change

“The poor will always be with us.”

Tony Abbott

Quoted in "Bible bashing the homeless, Abbott style "in response to whether a government under his direction would continue with the Rudd government's goal of halving homelessness by 2020" http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/opinion/bible-bashing-the-homeless-abbott-style-20100215-o2tj.html?comments=105 in the Brisbane Times, June 30, 2010.
2010

“WorkChoices is dead, it's buried, it's cremated.”

Tony Abbott

Quoted in ABC News "WorkChoices haunt Abbott" http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2010/s2958284.htm on abc.net.au, July 19, 2010.
2010

Dead

“I mean, the Nazis did terrible evil but they had a sufficient sense of shame to try to hide it”

Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott's Nazi reference shows his penchant for alienating voters http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbotts-nazi-reference-shows-his-penchant-for-alienating-voters-20150903-gjeccu.html#ixzz3liz6US8O, September 4, 2015.
2015

Sense , Evil

“More than 100 years of photography at Manly Beach in my electorate does not suggest that sea levels have risen despite frequent reports from climate alarmists that this is imminent.”

Tony Abbott

Quoted in "'I've learnt to speak my mind': 10 excerpts from Tony Abbott's climate change speech in London'" http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/ive-learnt-to-speak-my-mind-ten-excerpts-from-tony-abbotts-climate-change-speech-in-london-20171009-gyxk92.html, Sydney Morning Herald, October 10, 2017
2017

Sea

“Fire is a part of the Australian experience.”

Tony Abbott

Quoted in "UN official 'talking through her hat' on bushfires and climate change, says Tony Abbott" http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/un-official-talking-through-her-hat-on-bushfires-and-climate-change-says-tony-abbott-20131023-2w0mz.html in the Sydney Morning Herald, October 23, 2013.
2013

Parting

“The security response is necessary but it’s not sufficient. There also needs to be a concerted “hearts and minds” campaign against the versions of Islam that make excuses for terrorists.”

Tony Abbott

2015, The religion of Islam must reform (December 9, 2015)

Heart

“I normally have them cooked on the barbecue, but I enjoy onions!”

Tony Abbott

Prime Minister Tony Abbott pictured biting into an onion ... again http://www.smh.com.au/national/prime-minister-tony-abbott-pictured-biting-into-an-onion--again-20150812-gixsju.html, August 12, 2015.
2015

Cooking

“I want to make it clear that I do not judge or condemn any woman who has had an abortion, but every abortion is a tragedy and up to 100,000 abortions a year is this generation's legacy of unutterable shame”

Tony Abbott

Quoted in "Abortion a Badge of Liberation Says Abbott" http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/abortion-a-badge-of-liberation-says-abbott/2006/02/16/1140037807340.html on www.theage.com.au, March 17, 2004.
2005

“There is one fundamental message that we want to go out from this place to every nook and cranny of our country: There should be no new tax collection without an election.”

Tony Abbott

Quoted in "Fact file: What Tony Abbott promised on tax" http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-01/fact-file-what-tony-abbott-promised-on-tax/5420226 ABC News, July 23, 2014.
2011

Country

“Jesus knew that there was a place for everything and it’s not necessarily everyone’s place to come to Australia.”

Tony Abbott

Panel discussion, "Tony Abbott on Q and A" http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/txt/s2859473.htm on abc.net.au, April 5, 2010.
2010

“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.”

Tony Abbott

Quoted in "The Monk might make sense" http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/the-monk-might-make-sense-20100127-mz0v.html#ixzz249o58Ykh, The Age, January 28, 2010.
2010

Question , Thinking , Daughters

“We can’t remain in denial about the massive problem within Islam.”

Tony Abbott

2015, The religion of Islam must reform (December 9, 2015)

Problem

“It’s also time Australians stopped being apologetic about the values that have made our country as free, fair and prosperous as any on Earth.”

Tony Abbott

2015, The religion of Islam must reform (December 9, 2015)

Time , Country

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

Tony Abbott

Quoted in "Abortion rate a tragedy, says Abbott" http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/16/1079199224910.html on www.theage.com.au, March 17, 2004.
2004

People , Way

“Climate change is by no means the sole or even the most significant symptom of the changing interests and values of the West. Still, only societies with high levels of cultural amnesia – that have forgotten the scriptures about man created 'in the image and likeness of God' and charged with 'subduing the earth and all its creatures”

Tony Abbott

could have made such a religion out of it.
Quoted in "'I've learnt to speak my mind': 10 excerpts from Tony Abbott's climate change speech in London'" http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/ive-learnt-to-speak-my-mind-ten-excerpts-from-tony-abbotts-climate-change-speech-in-london-20171009-gyxk92.html, Sydney Morning Herald, October 10, 2017
2017

God , Religion , Change