"I would be remiss, as a scientist who studied this, if I didn't mention the following two things: The first is that, most importantly, we need to do, as a society, in this country and globally, whatever we can to reduce population"....."Our whole economic system is based on growth, and growth of our population, and this economic madness has to end."

Source: John Millington Synge (2008). “The Complete Works of J. M. Synge”, p.446, Wordsworth Editions