"Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio, Subsistence, increases only in an arithmetical ratio."

"The love of independence is a sentiment that surely none would wish to see erased from the breast of man, though the …"

"To remedy the frequent distresses of the common people, the poor laws of England have been instituted; but it is to b…"

"The transfer of three shillings and sixpence a day to every labourer would not increase the quantity of meat in the c…"

"I feel no doubt whatever that the parish laws of England have contributed to raise the price of provisions and to low…"

"The labouring poor, to use a vulgar expression, seem always to live from hand to mouth. Their present wants employ th…"

"Every endeavor should be used to weaken and destroy all those institutions relating to corporations, apprenticeships,…"

"To prevent the recurrence of misery is, alas! beyond the power of man."

"It accords with the most liberal spirit of philosophy to suppose that not a stone can fall, or a plant rise, without …"

"It is an acknowledged truth in philosophy that a just theory will always be confirmed by experiment."