How a nation understands its past shapes the confidence with which it faces the future. Tony Abbott argues that Western countries must reject narratives of perpetual shame and recover a truthful confidence in their own civilisational inheritance. Watch the full speech from ARC 2026:

@HonTonyAbbott "Reject narratives of shame." Aust's most confident moments: 🌟 1967 referendum, confronted history 🌟 Native title, confronted history 🌟 Apology, confronted history Abbott's prescription is don't confront it & rewrite! He personifies denial with a cheap suit on. #auspol

@HonTonyAbbott Here’s a bit of Western philosophy for you - you barbarians never really became Roman did you? Even sacked Constantinople in 1204

@HonTonyAbbott Loves Eastern nations and his heroes Trump and Putin. Shame. There can be no forgiveness. On July 17, 2014, the russians shot down Flight #MH17, killing 298 people, incl. 80 children. The perpetrators, sentenced to life in prison, remain under Moscow’s protection.

@HonTonyAbbott I’ll stick to the Hellenic values which form the basis for democracy and with Judaism created Christianity and yeah maybe you can reread John Stuart Mills rather than an anodyne version of KKK circa 20s

@HonTonyAbbott It isn’t really unceded land. The reason that there was no Treaty was because the Maoris were literate and the Aboriginals weren’t. They couldn’t read or write.

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@HonTonyAbbott What referring to? Deny introspection? You clearly no know nothing about history or civilization. We are now placed in social development to understand the common denominator of human existence is itself understanding and hopefully some compassion. #populist #twat