Man Cannot Live In The Midst Of

[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.

The Perpetual Tendency Of The Race Of Man To Increase Beyond The Means Of Subsistence Is One Of The General Laws Of Animated Nature, Which We Can Have No Reason To Expect To Change.

It Is Not The Most Pleasant Employment To Spend Eight Hours A Day In A Counting House.

If A Country Can Only Be Rich By Running A Successful Race For Low Wages, I Should Be Disposed To Say At Once, Perish Such Riches!

Nature Herself In Times Of Great Poverty Or Bad Climatic Conditions, As Well As Poor Harvest, Intervenes To Restrict The Increase Of Population Of Certain Countries Or Races; This, To Be Sure, By A Method As Wise As It Is Ruthless.