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Thomas Malthus Quotes (58 quotes)
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| Source/Notes: An Essay on the Principle of Population (1993 edition), Oxford University Press - ISBN: 9780191605949 |
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| “Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio, Subsistence, increases only in an arithmetical ratio.” ―Thomas Malthus Source/Notes: Chapter I, paragraph 18, lines 1-2 - An Essay on The Principle of Population (1798 First Edition, unrevised) |
| “The love of independence is a sentiment that surely none would wish to see erased from the breast of man, though the parish law of England, it must be confessed, is a system of all others the most calculated gradually to weaken this sentiment, and in the end may eradicate it completely.” ―Thomas Malthus Source/Notes: Chapter IV, paragraph 13, lines 11-15 - An Essay on The Principle of Population (1798 First Edition, unrevised) |
| “To remedy the frequent distresses of the common people, the poor laws of England have been instituted; but it is to be feared that though they may have alleviated a little the intensity of individual misfortune, they have spread the general evil over a much larger surface.” ―Thomas Malthus Source/Notes: Chapter V, paragraph 2, lines 1-5 - An Essay on The Principle of Population (1798 First Edition, unrevised) |
| “The transfer of three shillings and sixpence a day to every labourer would not increase the quantity of meat in the country. There is not at present enough for all to have a decent share. What would then be the consequence?” ―Thomas Malthus Source/Notes: Chapter V, paragraph 3, lines 5-8 - An Essay on The Principle of Population (1798 First Edition, unrevised) |
| “I feel no doubt whatever that the parish laws of England have contributed to raise the price of provisions and to lower the real price of labour.” ―Thomas Malthus Source/Notes: Chapter V, paragraph 13, lines 1-3 - An Essay on The Principle of Population (1798 First Edition, unrevised) |
| “Every endeavor should be used to weaken and destroy all those institutions relating to corporations, apprenticeships, &c, which cause the labours of agriculture to be worse paid than the labours of trade and manufactures.” ―Thomas Malthus Source/Notes: Chapter V, paragraph 23, lines 3-7 - An Essay on The Principle of Population (1798 First Edition, unrevised) |
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Thomas Malthus
Born: February 14, 1766
Died: December 29, 1834 (aged 68)
Nationality: English
Occupation: Economist
Bio: The Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus FRS was an English scholar, influential in political economy and demography. Malthus popularized the economic theory of rent.
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