The Universal Declaration of Human Rights describes the family as the natural and fundamental unit of society. It follows that any choice and decision with regard to the size of the family must irrevocably rest with the family itself, and cannot be made by anyone else.

Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is below its optimum.

The population problem has no technical solution; it requires a fundamental extension in morality.

Incommensurables cannot be compared.

Numeracy: 1. The art of putting numbers to things, that is, assigning amounts to variables in order that practical decisions may be reach. 2. That aspect of education (beyond mere literacy) which takes account of quantitative aspects of reality.

To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that we are required to enjoy it, or even to pretend we enjoy it.

The greatest folly is to accept expert statements uncritically. At the very least, we should always seek another opinion.