Thomas Robert Malthus Quote

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.


Chapter V, paragraph 2, lines 1-5. - An Essay on The Principle of Population (First Edition 1798, 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...

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...

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...

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...