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" "Jedes menschliche Wesen lebte hinter einer undurchdringlichen Wand aus erstickendem Nebel, in dem es allein existierte. Gelegentlich kamen undeutliche Signale aus dem tiefen Innern der Höhle, in der ein zweiter Mensch hauste, so dass der eine nach dem anderen tasten konnte. Doch da sie sich nicht kannten und nicht fähig waren, sich zu verstehen, und es nicht wagten, sich zu vertrauen, und von frühester Kindheit an die Schrecken und die Unsicherheit dieser äußersten Isolierung erfahren hatten, herrschten die Furcht des Menschen vor dem Menschen und die wilde Grausamkeit des Menschen gegen den Menschen.
Isaac Asimov (c. 2 January 1920 – 6 April 1992) was a Russian-born American biochemist who was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, his works include the Foundation series and I, Robot.
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Everyone believes it just the same. I mean all this talk about the Prophet Hari Seldon and how he appointed the Foundation to carry on his commandments that there might some day be a return to the Earthly Paradise: and how anyone who disobeys his commandments will be destroyed for eternity. They believe it. I've presided at festivals, and I'm sure they
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However, though the request is reasonable and the citizenry is better off paying taxes as their price for maintaining a stable and efficient government, they are nevertheless reluctant to do so. In order to overcome this reluctance, governments must make it appear that they are not taking too many credits, and that they are considering each citizen's rights and benefits. In other words, they must lower the percentage taken out of low incomes; they must allow deductions of various kinds to be made before the tax is assessed, and so on.