We shouldn't be willy-nilly creating potential human life just to satisfy the urges of the scientific community.
Tony AbbottWhen politicians complain about the media, it strikes me as resembling footballers complaining about the umpire.
Tony AbbottI've always avoided those sorts of self-assessments because if you give yourself a 10 out of 10 people think you're a big head, if you give yourself a 6 out of 10 they think you're plagued with self-doubt, so I'm just not going to rate myself.
Tony AbbottI think all senior politicians tend to be rather more subtle then the commentators would have it. It is a natural tendency for human beings to try to classify. We all have this classification urge - so and so is such and such, that person is in that camp - but look, most sophisticated people defy stereotype.
Tony Abbott