To [the government] it didn't matter what happened to the American people as long as america in the abstract was kept strong. - Isaac Asimov

All that had been done in the mid-twentieth century on “calculating machines” had been upset by Robertson and his positronic brain-paths. The miles of relays and photocells had given way to the spongy globe of plantinumiridium about the size of a human brain.

he would much prefer to see it done a week before his death rather than a week after.

The Three Laws Of Robotics:

- First Law – A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

- Second Law – A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

- Third Law – A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

Handbook of Robotics, 56th Edition, 2058 A.D.