The first business of philosophy is to account for things as they are; and till our theories will do this, they ought not to be the ground of any practical conclusion. — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
On the whole it may be observed, that the specific use of a body of unproductive consumers, is to give encouragement to wealth by… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
The germs of existence contained in this spot of earth, with ample food, and ample room to expand in, would fill millions of worlds… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
The proposition of Mr. Ricardo, which states that a rise in the price of labour lowers the price of a large class of commodities,… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
Thirty or forty proprietors, with incomes answering to between one thousand and five thousand a year, would create a much more effectual demand for… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
Every endeavor should be used to weaken and destroy all those institutions relating to corporations, apprenticeships, &c, which cause the labours of agriculture to… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
A great emigration necessarily implies unhappiness of some kind or other in the country that is deserted. — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
If I saw a glass of wine repeatedly presented to a man, and he took no notice of it, I should be apt to… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man. — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
[P]opulation, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every twenty-five years, or increases in a geometrical ratio. ... [T]he means of subsistence, under circumstances the… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
It is not the most pleasant employment to spend eight hours a day in a counting house. — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
A writer may tell me that he thinks man will ultimately become an ostrich. I cannot properly contradict him. — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
The doctrine of population has been conspicuously absent, not because I doubt in the least its truth and vast importance, but because it forms… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
![“[P]opulation, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every twenty-five years, or increases in a geometrical ratio. ... [T]he means of subsistence, under circumstances the most favorable to human industry, could not possibly be made to increase faster than in an arithmetical ratio.” quote by Thomas Malthus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/16b/thomas-malthus-7621_circumstances_p-opulation-when-unchecked-goes-on-doubl_324443.jpg)
