"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."

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

Polly Toynbee

#Happiness Quotes #Gdp Quotes #Government Quotes

“The great Pioneer Missionaries all had 'inverted homesickness' this passion to call that country their home which was most in need of the Gospel. In this passion all other passions died; before this vision all other visions faded; this call drowned all other voices. They were the pioneers of the Kingdom, the forelopers of God, eager to cross the border-marches and discover new lands or win new-empires”
“Science is bound, by the everlasting vow of honour, to face fearlessly every problem which can be fairly presented to it.”
“The Old Language really was beautiful, Blay thought. Staring at the symbols, for one brief, ridiculous moment he imagined his own name across Qhuinn's shoulders, carved into that smooth skin in the manner of the mating ritual. Never going to happen. They were destined to be best friends...which, compared to strangers, was something huge. Compared to lovers? It was the cold side of a locked door.”
“There are 3 billion women in the world who don't look like supermodels and only 8 that do.”
“We had the IRA ceasefire in August 1994 and a lot of people assumed that a deal had been done - which wasn't right.”

Source : Source: www.newsletter.co.uk
“With each shimmy, the bugle beads on their scandalously revealing costumes swung and shook. It was the sort of display Evie knew her mother would have found appallingâ€”an example of the moral decay of the young generation. It was sexual and dangerous and thrilling, and Evie wanted more of it.”
“I don't 'support the troops' or any of those other hollow and hypocritical platitudes uttered by Republicans and frightened Democrats. Here's what I do support: I support them coming home. I support them being treated well.”
“On domestic policy, one of the major stories in American politics has been the growing ideological and political self-confidence of the Democratic Party, and the growing ideological and political pessimism of the Republican Party.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca

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