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
The superior power of population cannot be checked without producing misery or vice. – Thomas Malthus
I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food. – Thomas Malthus
Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio. – Thomas Malthus
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at Gods great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face,
tho they come from the ends of the earth! – Rudyard Kipling