Authority Quote by John Holdren

There exists ample authority under which population growth could be regulated...It has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion,…

— John Holdren

I would be remiss, as a scientist who studied this, if I didn't mention the following two things: The first is that, most importantly,…

— John Miller

Governments have a legitimate concern with slowing population growth. But often this has been attempted with little concern for the individuals most affected.

— Ruth Simmons

As long as there is no control of population, the population explosion will make it so easy for politicians to dominate.

— Laura Huxley

The bigger the population gets, the more serious the problems become... We have to address the population issue. The United Nations, with the U.S.…

— Gaylord Nelson

I've always been opposed to population control. In climate terms, population is not the biggest problem going forward.

— Bill McKibben

Human beings, because we're so clever, have removed every single one of those population limiting factors... So nothing controls our increase in numbers except…

— David Attenborough

If we do not voluntarily bring population growth under control in the next one or two decades, the nature will do it for us…

— Henry W. Kendall

The human population can no longer be allowed to grow in the same old uncontrollable way. If we do not take charge of our…

— David Attenborough

The Planetary Regime might be given responsibility for determining the optimum population for the world and for each region and for arbitrating various countries’…

— John Holdren

The easiest way to gain control of the population is to carry out acts of terror. The public will clamor for such laws if…

— Joseph Stalin

The key thing you can do to reduce population growth is actually improve health.

— Bill Gates