The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the majority of the people affected.

Society does not need more children; but it does need more loved children. Quite literally, we cannot afford unloved children - but we pay heavily for them every day. There should not be the slightest communal concern when a woman elects to destroy the life of her thousandth-of-an-ounce embryo. But all society should rise up in alarm when it hears that a baby that is not wanted is about to be born.

The essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things.

Throughout history, human exploitation of the earth has produced this progression: colonize-destroy-move on.

What features of your daily life do you expect to be improved by a further increase in population?

Never globalize a problem if it can possibly be dealt with locally.

A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future.