He was influenced by Thomas Malthus' work, "An Essay on the Principle of Population" written in seventeen ninety-eight.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

Instead,it will be based on a simple principle: whether a state is ready to do what works.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

but that,by our frame of government, that principle has not been made one of legal obligation;

VOA: special.2009.02.09

All legislation,all government,all society is formed upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness,and courtesy.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

Another principle supports competition. This week,in a speech, F.C.C.Chairman Julius Genachowski proposed two more.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

"We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle, that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their health care."

VOA: special.2010.03.24

that negro slavery is violative of that principle;

VOA: special.2009.02.09

"We have now just enshrined, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comesto their health care."

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

Pyongyang agreed in principle in 2005 to scrap its nuclear program, including weapons, in return for aid and diplomatic benefits.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

"It's there.Same like Indonesia, we have hundreds of languages and we live under the same principle unity in diversity."

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

So I am not just talking about agreement in principle but concrete results regarding spending and solidarity,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

"I have agreed in principle to a new British force level of 9,500, which will be put into effect once these conditions are met,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

He says that everyone agrees in principle that rearmament is necessary, but he raises various questions: how and what; with the West,or against the West;

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

The journalist says he is not a hero, but rather a man of principle.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15