Helena: And then I thought that...if they were like us they would understand us and they wouldn’t hate us so — if they were only a little bit human!”… - Karel Čapek

Ničeho člověk nehájí horlivěji a usilovněji než pochybné pravdy, nejspíš aby přehlušil tu nespokojenou a trýznivou předtuchu, že to má ránu. Na ničem člověk netrvá tak houževnatě jako na věcech, o kterých v nitru není přesvědčen.

But old Rossum meant it literally.
He wanted to become a sort of scientific substitute for God. He was a fearful materialist, and that's why he did it all. His sole purpose was nothing more nor less than to prove that God was no longer necessary.

Robots of the world! Many people have fallen. By seizing the factory we have become the masters of everything. The age of mankind is over. A new world has begun! The rule of Robots!