The Robots of Dawn (Robot #3)

by Isaac Asimov

Any accident involving a robot-driven car would set off another antirobot riot.

“Because human beings are often illogical, Daneel. It is not an admirable characteristic.”

History was interesting to the extent that it was catastrophic and, while that might make absorbing viewing, it made horrible living.

Humanity must expand its range somehow if it is to continue to flourish. One method of expansion is through space, through a constant pioneering reach toward other worlds.

Are there Laws of Humanics as there are Laws of Robotics? How many Laws of Humanics might there be and how can they be expressed mathematically?

There is the claustrophilia of you Earthmen, your dislike of leaving your walls.”