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Quote by Thomas Malthus
Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years

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

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

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

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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

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We are now heading down a centuries-long path toward increasing the productivity of our natural capital – the resource systems upon which we depend to live – instead of our human capital. – Paul Hawken

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There are more effective ways of tackling environmental problems including global warming, proliferation of plastics, urban sprawl, and the loss of biodiversity than by treaties, top-down regulations, and other approaches offered by big governments and their dependents. – Preston Manning

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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nations standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. – Jim Jeffords

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