Author: Thomas Malthus

Quotes

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

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 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

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

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

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

The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.

The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.

- Thomas Malthus

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