To suppose such a thing possible as a society, in which men, who are able and willing to work, cannot support their families, and ought, with a great part of the women, to be compelled to lead a life of celibacy, for fear of having children to be starved; to suppose such a thing possible is monstrous.


To Parson Malthus, Political Register (8 May 1819).

William Cobbett Quotes

To suppose such a thing possible as a society, in which men, who are able and willing to work, cannot support their families, and ought, with a great ...

To suppose such a thing possible as a society, in which men, who are able and willing to work, cannot support their families, and ought, with a great ...

To suppose such a thing possible as a society, in which men, who are able and willing to work, cannot support their families, and ought, with a great ...

To suppose such a thing possible as a society, in which men, who are able and willing to work, cannot support their families, and ought, with a great ...