I know politicians are going to be judged on everything they say but sometimes in the heat of discussion you go a little bit further than you would if it was an absolutely calm, considered, prepared, scripted remark. The statements that need to be taken absolutely as gospel truth are those carefully prepared scripted remarks.


Quoted in "Don't believe everything I say - Tony Abbott" on news.com.au, (18 May 2010).

Tony Abbott Quotes

I know politicians are going to be judged on everything they say but sometimes in the heat of discussion you go a little bit further than you would...

I know politicians are going to be judged on everything they say but sometimes in the heat of discussion you go a little bit further than you would...

I know politicians are going to be judged on everything they say but sometimes in the heat of discussion you go a little bit further than you would...

I know politicians are going to be judged on everything they say but sometimes in the heat of discussion you go a little bit further than you would...