Thomas Malthus Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Each pursues his own theory, little solicitous to correct or improve it by an attention to what is advanced by his opponents.”

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

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

“The friend of the present order of things condemns all political speculations in the gross.”

“The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes.”

“The ordeal of virtue is to resist all temptation to evil.”

“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.”

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

“In a state therefore of great equality and virtue, where pure and simple manners prevailed, the increase of the human species would evidently be much greater than any increase that has been hitherto known.”