A Quote by Tony Abbott

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

Tony Abbott

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Tony Abbott
Australian - Politician
Born: November 4, 1957

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

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

Tony Abbott

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

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

Of course, running a coalition government in a country like India is a difficult task. More so when Congress leads the coalition, since most of the political parties were anti-Congress. To have a coalition, to run a coalition government, you require a lot of adjustments, a lot of flexibility.

Pranab Mukherjee

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

You're lucky to head a coalition government. I am a coalition government on my own.

John Major

It's impossible always to be with the majority in coalition government, especially when it's a very complicated coalition.

Avigdor Lieberman

There will be no surprises, there will be no excuses, we will do what we've said we will do.

Tony Abbott

Lampoon was a very collegial operation, though "collegial" usually means "friendly" and it wasn't that friendly. But we were tight, like a family.

P. J. O'Rourke

Sanders' coalition of millions of spoiled, narcissistic rich kids and big-government addicts is worlds apart from the Trump coalition, and the two have very little in common.

Tom Tancredo

If people want consultative government, the price is increased complexity and delay in arriving at decisions. If they want speed of government, then they must accept a greater degree of authoritarianism. I suspect that the real answer is that most people prefer the latter so long, that is, as government's decisions conform with their own views.

John James Cowperthwaite

As the Iraqi people better understand that Saddam Hussein and his regime are history, it is my hope that they will get behind the coalition effort to help them create a democratic government and rebuild their country.

Pete Domenici

Taxes will always be lower under a Coalition government

Tony Abbott

No matter what happens in the future, whether it is a Labor government or a Coalition government, whoever is in government is going to have to fix the budget.

Joe Hockey

The Congress and regional parties may fight against each other in certain states, but they will get united at the national level against BJP for forming the coalition government.

N. Chandrababu Naidu

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