Population Quotes

1295 Population quotes by 931 unique authors

The larger question for the Northwest, where the cities are barely a hundred years old but contain three-fourths of the population, is whether the wild… — Timothy Egan
Costa Rica remains peacefully and firmly committed to the well- being and safety of our population. We promote a model of development based upon harmony… — Laura Chinchilla
Mosts scientist are unable to arrive at a specific definition of biological evolution. “Biological evolution is… change in the properties of populations of organisms (you… — Douglas J. Futuyma
In the broadest sense, evolution is merely change, and so is all-pervasive; galaxies, languages, and political systems all evolve. Biological evolution ... is change in… — Douglas J. Futuyma
Radicalism usually prospers in the gap between rising expectations and declining opportunities. This is especially true where the population is young, idle, and bored; where… — Lawrence Wright
Yes, twenty-seven million in slavery is a lot of people, but it is just .0043 percent of the world's population. Yes, $23 billion a year… — Kevin Bales
There are more slaves alive today than all the people stolen from Africa in the time of the transatlantic slave trade. Put another way, today's… — Kevin Bales
Just as Hitler used the Reichstag burning, the U.S. government now uses the so-called two wars, the War on Drugs and the War on Terrorism,… — Ralph Metzner
There is a single theme behind all our work-we must reduce population levels, — Thomas Ferguson
I don’t know why liberals want to disarm the law-abiding population, but I do know that not a single argument proffered stands the light of… — Paul Craig Roberts
I reside in a new colony for the Chinese-singing banjo player, with a population of one. At least I have something I have to do… — Abigail Washburn
The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know. — Noam Chomsky
The gains from technology must be channeled to a broader base of the population than has benefited so far. — Nouriel Roubini
An educated, enlightened & informed population is one of the surest ways of promoting the health of a democracy — Nelson Mandela
The luxury of today is the necessity of tomorrow. Every advance first comes into being as the luxury of a few rich people, only to… — Ludwig von Mises
Health cannot be bought at the supermarket. You have to invest in health. You have to get kids into schooling. You have to train health… — Hans Rosling
Half of the energy is used by one seventh of the world's population. — Hans Rosling
This seems counterintuitive, but turns out that as infant mortality is reduced, population sizes also decrease, because parents don't need to anticipate that their babies… — Jane Chen
When I first arrived in beautiful Zimbabwe, it was difficult to understand that 35 percent of the population is HIV positive. It really wasn't until… — Unknown Author
As you improve health in a society, population growth goes down. You know, I thought it was... before I learned about it, I thought it… — Bill Gates
We have the highest graduation rates, the broadest health care access, and the greatest level of home ownership and workforce participation in the country. And… — Tim Pawlenty
We are deceiving ourselves if we believe that a literary work written and published in a country where 70 per cent of the population is… — Unknown Author
The United States imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than South Africa did at the height of apartheid. In Washington, D.C., our nation’s… — Michelle Alexander
No other country in the world imprisons so many of its racial or ethnic minorities. The United States imprisons a larger percentage of its black… — Michelle Alexander
In view of the vast size of the occupied areas in the East the forces available for establishing security in these areas will be sufficient… — Alfred Jodl

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