Author: Thomas Malthus

Quotes

The superior power of population cannot be checked without producing misery or vice.

The superior power of population cannot be checked without producing misery or vice.

- Thomas Malthus

The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals is the means of his support-the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these means.

The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals is the means of his support-the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these means.

- Thomas Malthus

I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food.

I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food.

- Thomas Malthus

A great emigration necessarily implies unhappiness of some kind or other in the country that is deserted.

A great emigration necessarily implies unhappiness of some kind or other in the country that is deserted.

- Thomas Malthus

It is an acknowledged truth in philosophy that a just theory will always be confirmed by experiment.

It is an acknowledged truth in philosophy that a just theory will always be confirmed by experiment.

- Thomas Malthus

I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth.

I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth.

- Thomas Malthus

Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio.

Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio.

- Thomas Malthus

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