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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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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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Equality
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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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Food
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Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions. – James Madison

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There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creations braggart lords. – John Muir

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It is said that power corrupts, but actually its more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. – David Brin

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Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true. – Eric Hoffer

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