Quote by Thomas Malthus
The superior power of population cannot be checked without produci

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

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I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth. – 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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Ive become invested with this symbolic power. It really does transcend what Im actually doing and what I actually deserve. – Nate Silver

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With power comes the abuse of power. And where there are bosses, there are crazy bosses. Its nothing new. – Judd Rose

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But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous. – Edward Gibbon

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All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours. – Aldous Huxley

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