Quote by: Isaac Asimov

I think you are wrong, partner Elijah. My briefing on human characteristics here among the people of Earth includes the information that, unlike the men of the Outer Worlds, they are trained from birth to accept authority. Apparently this is the result of your way of living. One man, representing authority firmly enough, was quite sufficient, as I proved. Your own desire for a squad car was only an expression, really, of your almost instinctive wish for superior authority to take responsibility out of your hands. On my own world, I admit that what I did would have been most unjustified.


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  • NameIsaac Asimov
  • DescriptionAmerican author
  • AliasesIsaak Yudovich Osimov; Isaak Osimov; Paul French
  • BornJanuary 2, 1920
  • DiedApril 6, 1992
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
  • ProfessionBiochemist; Novelist; Prosaist; Autobiographer; Science Fiction Writer; Science Writer
  • WorksFoundation Series; Robot Series; Nightfall; The Intelligent Man's Guide To Science; I, Robot; The Bicentennial Man; The Gods Themselves
  • AwardsHugo Award; Nebula Award; Locus Award; Humanist Of The Year