Today, what people call learning is forced on you. Everyone is forced to learn the same thing on the same day at the same speed in class. But everyon… - Isaac Asimov

Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics, and here they are: 1. A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

Los equites eran lo bastante ricos como para ser senadores, pero no pertenecían a las viejas familias senatoriales. A algunos de ellos Octavio los hizo senadores, pero a otros los colocó en cargos administrativos importantes. Se convirtieron en los "funcionarios públicos" del Imperio, por así decir. Fue de esa manera como las clases medias, bien tratadas, se hicieron ardientemente leales a Octavio y a sus sucesores.

You can't maintain discipline that way." Mallow said icily, "I can. There's no merit in discipline under ideal circumstances. I'll have it in the face of death, or it's useless.