Thomas Robert Malthus Quotes

“Each pursues his own theory, little solicitous to correct or improve it by an attention to what is advanced by his opponents.”

“Evil exists in the world not to create despair but activity.”

“Man as he really is, inert, sluggish, and averse from labour, unless compelled by necessity.”

“The vices and moral weakness of man are not invincible: Man is perfectible, or in other words, susceptible of perpetual improvement.”