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Isaac Asimov

Russian-born American science-fiction author; b. 1920; d. 1992

Aphorisms Attributed to This Aphorist

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#  ·  **-- Not So Good (55 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997 (updated 1999)

Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.

Isaac Asimov, Foundation, in Vice and Virtue

Foundation (paperback)

#  ·  **-- Not So Good (56 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

Isaac Asimov, in Science and Religion

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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Salvor Hardin), in War and Peace and Wisdom and Ignorance

Foundation (paperback)

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