Tony Abbott Quotes

The highest percentage of respondents say that biggest problem in the country is the government. The biggest problem facing our country today is that our government is terrible. Dissatisfaction with the government, problem numero uno by a mile.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

What you and I understand as a government doesn't exist in many African countries. In fact, what we call our governments are vampire states. Vampires because they suck the economic vitality out of their people. Government is the problem in Africa.

I can't really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that they have become popular. That is dissatisfaction with the way things are going in Washington and disillusionment and disencouragement about the government.

New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time a national model. Now, unfortunately, it's a national disgrace. Sometimes, the corruption in Albany could even make Boss Tweed blush.

It's good that they've seen it, but how can I be satisfied after working for two years making a film which I hope will make a difference, when the government sees the film and does nothing about it?

I've had a lot of disappointments. I think my biggest disappointment is the failure of elected officials to make good on their promises in regards to the environment or anything else, really. I have very little faith in politicians.

There's never been a good government.

This is a story of government failurew, intransigence, unpreparedness, delay, inaction, and environmental injustice.

I have to say to the Government that you are not even getting nowhere fast - you are getting nowhere slowly.

It's not a secret that we have a crisis in confidence in public institutions in our country.

The country's on the wrong track.

One hallmark of our era is the collapse of public trust in government and experts of all kinds. But it’s hard to fault the public when so many experts and their policies have failed in such spectacular fashion. The inflation that progressives helped to cause, failed to anticipate, and then ignored is one more example of earned public distrust.

Those that say that individuals are not capable of changing anything are only looking for excuses.

I think it's time for the Prime Minister to stop making excuses and to start governing.

If I had to use a single word to describe what is fundamentally wrong with government today, I would use the word fraud.

The comfort zone takes our greatest aspirations and turns them into excuses for not bothering to aspire.

Why haven't you achieved your goals yet? What are your favorite excuses, and how do they hold you back?

More excuses for more failures.

Americans don't like the way Washington operates. They don't like Washington. They don't like the way things are going.

This is so classic. Government comes along under the guise of fairness, fixes something, gonna make it fair, gonna make it equal, gonna make it affordable, maybe even make it free. What they end up doing is blowing it all to hell, screwing it up worse than it's ever been screwed up, then their voters bellyache and complain about it. And the same Democrats come back and demand that something be done, because their voters need a second chance.

Hoping and Wishing are excuses for not Doing.

Here we go again, a government which is making yet more excuses for yet more failure when it comes to getting our budgetary situation right.

Our government has become incompetent, unresponsive, corrupt. And that incompetence, ineptitude, lack of accountability is now dangerous.

Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth Stupid fumbling.