In General It May Be Said That

The Natural Inequality Of The Two Powers Of Population And Of Production In The Earth, And That Great Law Of Our Nature Which Must Constantly Keep Their Efforts Equal, Form The Great Difficulty That To Me Appears Insurmountable In The Way To The Perfectibility Of Society.

There Is Scarcely Any Inquiry More Curious, Or, From Its Importance, More Worthy Of Attention, Than That Which Traces The Causes Which Practically Check The Progress Of Wealth In Different Countries, And Stop It, Or Make It Proceed Very Slowly, While The Power Of Production Remains Comparatively Undiminished, Or At Least Would Furnish The Means Of A Great And Abundant Increase Of Produce And Population.

The Perpetual Tendency Of The Race Of Man To Increase Beyond The Means Of Subsistence Is One Of The General Laws Of Animated Nature, Which We Can Have No Reason To Expect To Change.

The Power Of Population Is Indefinitely Greater Than The Power In The Earth To Produce Subsistence For Man.

On The Whole It May Be Observed, That The Specific Use Of A Body Of Unproductive Consumers, Is To Give Encouragement To Wealth By Maintaining Such A Balance Between Produce And Consumption As Will Give The Greatest Exchangeable Value To The Results Of The National Industry.