Population Quotes

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Suddenly, we humans - a recently arrived species, no longer subject to the checks and balances inherent in nature - have grown in population, technology… — Paul MacCready
One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves… — Abraham Lincoln
I am quite sure that very few of the so-called Reds in Spain were really Communists. We were badly deceived, for, had I known the… — Adolf Hitler
The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple. A good example of a simple technology with profound historical… — Freeman Dyson
It is already possible to imagine a society in which the majority of the population, that is to say, its laborers, will have almost as… — Wystan Hugh Auden
I wish I could show you what a small marihuana cigarette can do to one of our degenerate Spanish-speaking residents. That's why our problem is… — Harry J. Anslinger
The cutting of primeval forest and other disasters, fueled by the demands of growing human populations, are the overriding threat to biological diversity everywhere. — E. O. Wilson
As our economy faces up to potential labour shortages due to our ageing population and as it moves to a new level of sophistication to… — Julia Gillard
Every epoch has its character determined by the way its population reacts to the material events which they encounter. — Alfred North Whitehead
A democracy is a state which recognizes the subjection of the minority to the majority, that is, an organization for the systematic use of violence… — Vladimir Lenin
The only feasible solution is a political reconciliation... Mr. President, the time is now to put pressure on the Iraqi government to change. That is… — Mike Coffman
At the end of the day...if your army won't fight, it's because they don't trust their incompetent, corrupt generals, they don't trust each other. This… — Barry McCaffrey
Whether we kept a certain number of troops there or pulled out completely, if we can't get the Maliki government to include a large segment… — Adam Schiff
Males do not represent two discrete populations, heterosexual and homosexual. The world is not to be divided into sheeps and goats. Not all things are… — Alfred Kinsey
The future of mankind is going to be decided within the next two generations, and there are two absolute requisites: We must aim at a… — Jacques Monod
Birds ... are sensitive indicators of the environment, a sort of "ecological litmus paper," ... The observation and recording of bird populations over time lead… — Roger Tory Peterson
The foundations of population genetics were laid chiefly by mathematical deduction from basic premises contained in the works of Mendel and Morgan and their followers.… — Theodosius Dobzhansky
Unless we cut the world population there is no way to avoid violence. People are hungry, people are starving, dying. When somebody is hungry he… — Rajneesh
Capitalism is not only a better form of organizing human activity than any deliberate design, any attempt to organize it to satisfy particular preferences, to… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Our emphasis on science has resulted in an alarming rise in world populations, the demand and ever-increasing emphasis of science to improve their standards and… — Charles Lindbergh

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