Quote by Polly Toynbee
People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too

People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a relative dies slowly, longing for death. – Polly Toynbee

Other quotes by Polly Toynbee

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

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Education
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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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Fear
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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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Happiness
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Death
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Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live. – Jean de la Bruyere

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Im more afraid of marriage than death. – Shakira

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Death

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation. – Oscar Wilde

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Death

The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them. – Lois McMaster Bujold

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Death

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