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Inequality makes everyone unhappy, the poor most of all, and that

Inequality makes everyone unhappy, the poor most of all, and that is well within the remit of the state. More money gives less extra happiness the richer we get, yet we are addicted to earning and spending more every year. – Polly Toynbee

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But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith. – Polly Toynbee

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Could a government dare to set out with happiness as its goal? Now that there are accepted scientific proofs, it would be easy to audit the progress of national happiness annually, just as we monitor money and GDP. – Polly Toynbee

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Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying. – Polly Toynbee

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