The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes. Thomas Malthus More Quotes by Thomas Malthus More Quotes From Thomas Malthus Population trends have always provoked doom-fraught oracles, because their popular interpreters suppose that every new series will be infinitely sustained; yet, beyond the short term, expectations based on them are never fulfilled. Thomas Malthus populationtrendsexpectations It is also very important to observe, that menial servants are absolutely necessary to make the resources of the higher and middle classes of society efficient in the demand for material products. Thomas Malthus demandimportantclass It is not the most pleasant employment to spend eight hours a day in a counting house. Thomas Malthus employmenteighthouse 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 agriculturecorporationscauses It accords with the most liberal spirit of philosophy to suppose that not a stone can fall, or a plant rise, without the immediate agency of divine power. Thomas Malthus agencyphilosophyfall To prevent the recurrence of misery is, alas! beyond the power of man. Thomas Malthus recurrencemiserymen Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio. Thomas Malthus environmentalpopulationyears I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth. Thomas Malthus thinkexperiencetruthknowledge
