De hecho, la misma palabra "pagano", usada para identificar a quien no era cristiano ni judío, sino que seguía alguna religión nativa, deriva de una … - Isaac Asimov

religion we have is our all-important instrument towards that end. With it we have brought the Four Kingdoms under our control, even at the moment when they would have crushed us. It is the most potent device known with which to control men and worlds.

La violencia es el último recurso del incompetente.

According to our calculations, you have now reached domination of the barbarian kingdoms immediately surrounding the Foundation. Just as in the first crisis you held them off by the use of the Balance of Power, so in the second, you gained mastery by the Spiritual Power as against the Temporal.