If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population. When it reaches its true law of action, every man that is born will be hailed as essential. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die. – Gore Vidal
But I do see the good side of water now. How good it is when you’re really thirsty, how it glitters and gurgles! How alive it is! – G.K. Chesterton, The Flying Inn, 1914
