Thomas Malthus Quotes & Sayings

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

“The great and unlooked for discoveries that have taken place of late years have all concurred to lead many men into the opinion that we were touching on a period big with the most important changes.”

“The rich, by unfair combinations, contribute frequently to prolong a season of distress among the poor.”

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

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

“The constant effort towards population, which is found even in the most vicious societies, increases the number of people before the means of subsistence are increased.”

“Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio.”

“No limits whatever are placed to the productions of the earth; they may increase forever.”

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

“A writer may tell me that he thinks man will ultimately become an ostrich. I cannot properly contradict him.”