Foundation

Author: Isaac Asimov

• He doesn’t understand much except that ‘I have a gun and you haven’t.’”

• he was perhaps technically correct, but no more.

• It merely required the use of that much-neglected commodity – common sense.

• The temptation was great to muster what force we could and put up a fight. It’s the easiest way out, and the most satisfactory to self-respect

• The temptation was great to muster what force we could and put up a fight. It’s the easiest way out, and the most satisfactory to self-respect – but, nearly invariably, the stupidest.

• “May I refer to you as ‘your majesty’?” “Yes.” “Very well! You are a fool, your majesty!”