Quote by Polly Toynbee
But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churc

But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches bare, ruined choirs are converted into luxury loft living, a Labour government – yes, a Labour government – is deliberately creating a huge expansion of faith schools. – Polly Toynbee

Other quotes by Polly Toynbee

Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge. – Polly Toynbee

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Happiness
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Happiness is a real, objective phenomenon, scientifically verifiable. That means people and whole societies can now be measured over time and compared accurately with one another. Causes and cures for unhappiness can be quantified. – Polly Toynbee

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Happiness
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There is all the difference in the world between teaching children about religion and handing them over to be taught by the religious. – Polly Toynbee

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Im not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains. – Daniel Libeskind

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Faith

My mothers family were full-on Irish Catholics – faith in an elaborate old fashioned, highly conservative and madly baroque style. I sort of fell out of the tribe over womens rights and social justice issues when I was just 13 years old. – Geraldine Brooks

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Faith

Faith is the black persons federal reserve system. – Hattie McDaniel

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Faith

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe. – Henry David Thoreau

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Faith

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The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time! – Phyllis McGinley

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But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour. – Thom Mayne

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