FAMOUS QUOTES ABOUT POPULATION
“The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man”. – Thomas Malthus
“A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero”. – Garrett Hardin
“Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the consequences of humanitarian crises, whether natural or man-made”. – Pope Benedict XVI
“Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world, even violence”. – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
“In order to stabilize world population, we must eliminate 350,000 per day”. – Jacques Yves Cousteau
“Close to a billion people – one-eighth of the world’s population – still live in hunger. Each year 2 million children die through malnutrition. This is happening at a time when doctors in Britain are warning of the spread of obesity. We are eating too much while others starve”. – Jonathan Sacks
“You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption”. – Noam Chomsky
“When the family is small, whatever little they have they are able to share. There is peace”. – Philip Njuguna
“Once it was necessary that the people should multiply and be fruitful if the race was to survive. But now to preserve the race it is necessary that people hold back the power of propagation.” – Helen Keller
“Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for good or ill.” – Stephen Hawking
“The hungry world cannot be fed until and unless the growth of its resources and the growth of its population come into balance. Each man and woman – and each nation – must make decisions of conscience and policy in the face of this great problem.” – Lyndon B Johnson
“By improving health, empowering women, population growth comes down.” – Bill Gates
“Population growth is straining the Earth’s resources to the breaking point, and educating girls is the single most important factor in stabilizing that. That, plus helping women gain political and economic power and safeguarding their reproductive rights”. – Al Gore
