Gerry Danaher

"Family planning could bring more benefits to more people at less cost than any other single technology now available to the human race."

"Quite as important as the Four Freedoms... is a Fifth Freedom – from excessive numbers of children. Far more than much of the world realizes, even the partial achievement of the first four is dependent upon this last."

"Population problems are of extreme importance….they have a vital bearing on world peace."

"A problem which everyone talks about, is that of birth control, as it is called, namely, of population increase on the one hand and family morality on the other. It is an extremely grave problem."

"There is no denying that the accelerated rate of population growth brings many added difficulties to the problems of development... There is no doubt public authorities can intervene in this matter... They can instruct citizens on this subject and adopt appropriate measures."

"The green revolution has won a temporary success in man's war against hunger and deprivation; it has given man a breathing space. If fully implemented, the revolution can provide sufficient food for sustenance during the next three decades. But the frightening power of human reproduction must also be curbed; otherwise the success of the green revolution will be ephemeral only... Most people still fail to comprehend the magnitude and menace of the 'Population Monster'."

"Reducing population growth will not of itself solve Africa's problems, but without it they will become insoluble."