Every vice of the Empire has been repeated in the Foundation. Inertia! Our ruling class knows one law; no change. Despotism! They know one rule; forc… - Isaac Asimov

Inertia! Our ruling class knows one law; no change. Despotism! They know one rule; force. Maldistribution! They know one desire; to hold what is theirs.

During the century after <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/135106.Newton" rel="nofollow noopener" title="Newton">Newton</a>, it was still possible for a man of unusual attainments to master all fields of scientific knowledge. But by 1800, this had become entirely impracticable.

Milton Ashe is not the type to marry a head of hair and a pair of eyes.

Capek lamó a estos seres humanos artificiales robots, que era una palabra checa para «trabajadores forzados» o «esclavos». De hecho, las siglas del título de la obra proceden de «Robots Universales de Rossum», el nombre de la compañía del héroe.