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Polly Toynbee Quotes

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

"This is a clash of civilisations - between reason and superstition" by Polly Toynbee, www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2006.

This is indeed a clash of civilisations, not between Islam and Christendom but between reason and superstition.

"It is not fanciful to make the pursuit of happiness a political imperative" by Polly Toynbee, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2006.

Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying.

"Cardinals, bishops and doctors must not deny us our last rights" by Polly Toynbee, www.theguardian.com. May 11, 2006.

The strongest predictor of unhappiness is anyone who has had a mental illness in the last 10 years. It is an even stronger predictor of unhappiness than poverty - which also ranks highly.

"It is not fanciful to make the pursuit of happiness a political imperative" by Polly Toynbee, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2006.

The best care on earth cannot prevent us all dying in the end.

"Cardinals, bishops and doctors must not deny us our last rights" by Polly Toynbee, www.theguardian.com. May 11, 2006.

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.

"Cardinals, bishops and doctors must not deny us our last rights" by Polly Toynbee, www.theguardian.com. May 11, 2006.