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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-toynbee/but-how-odd-that-in-this-heathen-nation-of-empty-pews-where-churches/)

[Polly Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-toynbee/)

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## More by Polly Toynbee

> [Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-toynbee/most-people-come-to-fear-not-death-itself-but-the-many-terrible-ways/)

[Polly Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-toynbee/)

> [Could a government dare to set out with happiness as its goal? Now that there are accepted scientific proofs, it would be easy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-toynbee/could-a-government-dare-to-set-out-with-happiness-as-its-goal-now/)

[Polly Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-toynbee/)

> [Openness about death has led to greater care about all aspects of dying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-toynbee/openness-about-death-has-led-to-greater-care-about-all-aspects-of/)

[Polly Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-toynbee/)

> [Working lives are for the state to influence. Unemployment makes people unhappy. So does instability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-toynbee/working-lives-are-for-the-state-to-influence-unemployment-makes/)

[Polly Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-toynbee/)

> [Islam, Christianity and Judaism all define themselves through disgust of women's bodies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-toynbee/islam-christianity-and-judaism-all-define-themselves-through-disgust/)

[Polly Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-toynbee/)

> [Inequality makes everyone unhappy, the poor most of all, and that is well within the remit of the state. More money gives less extra…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-toynbee/inequality-makes-everyone-unhappy-the-poor-most-of-all-and-that-is/)

[Polly Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-toynbee/)

> [“The strain of engaging emotionally with all that misery was exhausting. The kindness and hard work of the care assistants here was worth far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-toynbee/the-strain-of-engaging-emotionally-with-all-that-misery-was/)

[Polly Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-toynbee/)

> [Nothing keeps people together like the exalted conviction that they alone are to be spared that eternal anguish of hell fire to which everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-toynbee/nothing-keeps-people-together-like-the-exalted-conviction-that-they/)

[Polly Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-toynbee/)

> [The best care on earth cannot prevent us all dying in the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-toynbee/the-best-care-on-earth-cannot-prevent-us-all-dying-in-the-end/)

[Polly Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-toynbee/)

> [One in six people suffer depression or a chronic anxiety disorder. These are not the worried well but those in severe mental pain with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-toynbee/one-in-six-people-suffer-depression-or-a-chronic-anxiety-disorder/)

[Polly Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-toynbee/)

> [But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-toynbee/but-instead-of-standing-up-for-reason-our-government-is-handing/)

[Polly Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-toynbee/)

> [The strongest predictor of unhappiness is anyone who has had a mental illness in the last 10 years. It is an even stronger predictor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-toynbee/the-strongest-predictor-of-unhappiness-is-anyone-who-has-had-a-mental/)

[Polly Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-toynbee/)

> [People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a relative dies slowly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-toynbee/people-want-the-right-to-die-at-a-time-of-their-own-choosing-too-many/)

[Polly Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-toynbee/)

> [This is indeed a clash of civilisations, not between Islam and Christendom but between reason and superstition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-toynbee/this-is-indeed-a-clash-of-civilisations-not-between-islam-and/)

[Polly Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-toynbee/)

> [Feminism is the most revolutionary idea there has ever been. Equality for women demands a change in the human psyche, more profound than anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-toynbee/feminism-is-the-most-revolutionary-idea-there-has-ever-been-equality/)

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