I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth. -Thomas Malthus Truth
The superior power of population cannot be checked without producing misery or vice. -Thomas Malthus Power
I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food. -Thomas Malthus Food
Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio. -Thomas Malthus Environmental
The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man. -Thomas Malthus Power
I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth. -Thomas Malthus Knowledge
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 Equality
The great and unlooked for discoveries that have taken place of late years have all concurred to lead many men into the opinion that we were touching on a period big with the most important changes. -Thomas Malthus Men
