Niccolo Machiavelli

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.

You probably found 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising' in the humor section. Let's just hope that is where it belongs.

I didn't really realize that writing... would be fun and people would pay you to do it. Being an astronaut is a glory profession, and so is writing, in a way.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.