5 Quotes By Thomas Malthus


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

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.
Thomas Malthus on equality

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

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

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