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. The Foundation series (1951)
To MankindAnd the hope that the war against folly may someday be won, after all. The Gods Themselves (1972)
It is the invariable lesson to humanity that distance in time, and in space as well, lends focus. It is not recorded, incidentally, that the lesson has ever been permanently learned. The Foundation series (1951)