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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

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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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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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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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While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our politics and our culture are, in the main, less influenced by movements and arguments of an explicitly Christian character than they were even five years ago. I think this is a good thing – good for our political culture. – Jon Meacham

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You work on things and you have such faith in them while youre making them that everything feels special – in a way. – Guy Pearce

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Faith

To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well. – Albert Camus

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Faith

If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished. – Swami Vivekananda

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