Quote by Polly Toynbee
There is all the difference in the world between teaching children

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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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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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

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Death
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How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without knowing the stories and iconography of your own culture and all the worlds main religions? – Polly Toynbee

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History
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One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion. – Albert Einstein

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Im actually an evangelical atheist, but there is something I recognise about religion: that it gives people a chance to surrender. – Brian Eno

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I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think its interesting. – Patrick Wilson

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And what is religion, you might ask. Its a technology of living. – Toni Cade Bambara

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Religion

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