"My Lords temporal, today is the day to……" — Polly Toynbee
"My Lords temporal, today is the day to rise up against the regiment of Lords spiritual and proclaim the values of enlightenment, compassion and common sense."
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Polly Toynbee
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27 Quotes by Polly Toynbee
Polly Toynbee has 27 quotes on this site.
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Openness about death has led to greater care about all aspects of dying.
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Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying.
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There is all the difference in the world between teaching children about religion and handing them over to be taught…
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The pens sharpen – Islamophobia! No such thing. Primitive Middle Eastern religions (and most others) are much the same –…
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Islam, Christianity and Judaism all define themselves through disgust of women's bodies.
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Thresholds of pain, indignity and incapacity are entirely personal.
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But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches' bare, ruined choirs are converted into luxury…
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The strongest predictor of unhappiness is anyone who has had a mental illness in the last 10 years. It is…
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Crime is only the worst example, but it is a paradigm for other Labour policy disasters. No one tells the…
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But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith.
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Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly,…
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Inequality makes everyone unhappy, the poor most of all, and that is well within the remit of the state. More…
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