Tony Abbott Quotes

The prime minister's job is to captain his team, his party and his government.

There's no way you can win when you're the president; you've got to be the scapegoat for America's issues.

The Prime Minister is head of team but its not a one woman act. I've been called all those things. Intellectual, sharp-tongued, all true. But what New Zealander is like is to know that someone is in charge and in the end the buck stops with the Prime Minister.

Governing is hard. If you’re in the majority, you’ve got to do the hard work of governing

To govern is to chose.

I’ve learned that governing is more difficult than criticizing.

The Prime Minister of this country should be 100 percent efficient at all time.

I wouldn't call the Prime Minister gutless. That's all that's left of him.

The Ministers are like a flotilla broken up by a hurricane, the stricken ships run into each other, crash together and if they reach the port there is always a leader to blame, at least so it is believed. If a good Minister for one moment takes his eye off the tiller he is lost; envy clings on to his wreckage and the paid hacks try and sink him to the bottom.

I am going to be prime minister.

My pitch is very simple. My name is Theresa May, and I think I'm the best person to be Prime Minister of this country.

You look worldwide for the great leaders, and they're pretty thin on the ground, and of course the problem is unless you're squeaky, squeaky clean, something is going to come out of the cupboard. Most people aren't squeaky clean. Most people have fallen by the wayside once or twice in their lives, and because the world is so transparent now, I think they're very fearful of running for office. It's a huge shame, because often people who have really lived and are amazing people can be brought down by a past indiscretion.

I think being able to have follow-through, I think a lot of people who are in charge, that is the one quality that you can't forsake. You can get opinions, but you can't have too many cooks in the kitchen when you're envisioning something.

I have come, reluctantly, to the conclusion that Boris [Johnson] cannot provide the leadership or build the team for the task ahead.

I do think the most important thing we need in leadership in our country, not just in the presidency but in the United States Senate, are people that have a clear vision of what the role of government should be in our lives and what the role of America should be in the world.

I think leadership of any kind requires trust and transparency and voters should demand no less from their political leadership in government.

Presidents, whether things are good or bad, get the blame. I understand that.

Leadership is taking responsibility while others are making excuses.

We have a female prime minister [Theresa May] here in the UK. I actually really like her and think she's wonderful. I think it's the best thing that's happened to us in a long time.

I don't think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime.

He (Gorton) is not fit to hold the great office of Prime Minister.

Whoever the next prime minister of this country will be, it will be a female prime minister and a female prime minister who has formidable skills and I know whichever one of the two wins they will lead this country well.

America is looking for a consistent leader.

I think Donald Trump showed a real quality that every leader needs, and that's resiliency.

I think that it's high time that the Prime Minister stopped making excuses for bad policy and started listening to the forgotten families of Australia.