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To remedy the frequent distresses of the common people, the poor laws…
Quote byThomas Robert Malthus · 1766–1834
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: An Essay on The Principle of Population (First Edition 1798, unrevised), Chapter V, paragraph 2, lines 1-5.
English (original)
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.
— Thomas Robert Malthus
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