Government Quotes - Page 31

• The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses.

  Tony Abbott

  People, Excuse, Australian

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• The fact is that I'm interested in getting on with my job of holding the Government to account and I think that the Government should get on with the job of effectively running the country and not making excuses for poor performance, not lowering expectations. Their job is to deliver on their election commitments.

  Tony Abbott

  Running, Country, Jobs

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• Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.

  Tony Abbott

  Jobs, Looks, Excuse

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• Today, we have got more excuses from the government.

  Tony Abbott

  Today, Excuse

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• 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.

  Tony Abbott

  Excuse, Here We Go Again, Situation

  "PM flags tax hikes". "Lateline", www.abc.net.au. April 29, 2013.

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• I want to run a government, Barnaby wants to be part of a government, which is characterized by the motto if you like, no surprises, no excuses. That will be the motto of an incoming Coalition government. No surprises, no excuses.

  Tony Abbott

  Running, Want, No Excuses

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• Well, Michael, we will be telling the people of Australia in good time before the next election exactly what they can expect from us. No surprises, no excuses. They will be our watch words going into the election and afterwards, should we form a government.

  Tony Abbott

  Australia, People, Watches

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• And the commitment that I've been giving to the Australian people is that there'll be no surprises and no excuses under a Coalition government.

  Tony Abbott

  Commitment, People, Giving

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• We will be a consultative, collegial government. No surprises, no excuses. That's what you'll get under the Coalition.

  Tony Abbott

  No Excuses, Surprise, Coalitions

  "Tony Abbott calls on PM to 'name the date'". "7.30 Report" with Chris Uhlmann, www.abc.net.au. July 8, 2013.

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• There will be no surprises and no excuses from a Coalition government, Barrie.

  Tony Abbott

  No Excuses, Surprise, Coalitions

  "Insiders" with Barrie Cassidy, www.abc.net.au. September 1, 2013.

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• So, my friends, in a week or so the Governor-General will swear in a new government.

  Tony Abbott

  Excuse, Week, Swear

  Tony Abbott's victory speech, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2013.

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• A government that says what it means, and means what it says.

  Tony Abbott

  Mean, Excuse

  "'We've fundamentally honoured core commitments' says Tony Abbott". "7.30 Report" with Leigh Sales, www.abc.net.au. December 4, 2014.

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• A government that understands the limits of power as well as its potential.

  Tony Abbott

  Limits, Excuse, Wells

  Election victory speech, www.smh.com.au. September 7, 2013.

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• And a government that accepts that it will be judged more by its deeds than by its mere words.

  Tony Abbott

  Deeds, Excuse, Accepting

  "Tony Abbott rules out changes to the G.S.T". "Lateline", www.abc.net.au. September 20, 2013.

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• 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

  Commitment, People, No Excuses

  "Doorstop Interview, Darwin". Doorstop Interview, Darwin, pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au. November 10, 2013.

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• No government ought to exist for the purpose of checking the prosperity of its people or to allow such a principle in its policy.

  Edmund Burke

  People, Principles, Purpose

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• If any one shall claim a power to lay and levy taxes on the people by his own authority and without such consent of the people, he thereby invades the fundamental law of property, and subverts the end of government.

  John Locke

  Law, People, Fundamentals

  John Locke (1821). “Two treatises of government”, p.311

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• The words of the Declaration of Independence, as given effect by Washington...are to be accepted as real, and not as empty phrases...that in very truth this is a government by the people themselves, that the Constitution is theirs, that the courts are theirs, that all the government agents and agencies are theirs... It is for the people themselves finally to decide all questions of public policy and to have their decision made effective...We here, in America, hold in our hands the hope of the world.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Real, Agency, Hands

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• In a word, if this country can steer clear of European politics, stand firm on its bottom, and be wise and temperate in its government, it bids fair to be one of the greatest and happiest nations in the world.

  George Washington

  Wise, Country, World

  George Washington (1852). “The life of General Washington: first president of the United States”, p.271

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• But if the laws are to be so trampled upon with impunity, and a minority is to dictate to the majority, there is an end put at one stroke to republican government, and nothing but anarchy and confusion is to be expected thereafter.

  George Washington

  Law, Confusion, Majority

  George Washington (1851). “The life of General Washington: first president of the United States”, p.216

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• We do not need to import any foreign economic ideas or any foreign government. We had better stick to the American brand of government, the American brand of equality, and the American brand of wages. America had better stay American

  Calvin Coolidge

  Ideas, America, Needs

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• In order to spur economic growth we need to put the brakes on out of control spending, lower Ohioans tax burden and create a most efficient and effective government.

  Ken Blackwell

  Order, Growth, Spurs

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• The government can help, but we need to make this transition now to a recovery led by private investment.

  Timothy Geithner

  Recovery, Transition, Needs

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. July 25, 2010.

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• But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches' bare, ruined choirs are converted into luxury loft living, a Labour government - yes, a Labour government - is deliberately creating a huge expansion of faith schools.

  Polly Toynbee

  Faith, School, Church Choir

  "This is a clash of civilisations - between reason and superstition" by Polly Toynbee, www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2006.

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• The reform of government needs to continue.

  Jim Nussle

  Reform, Needs, Reformation

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