Madame Szegeczowska

Co-ordinator of the European Region


Quotes (Authored)

"Europe," said Madame Szegeczowska, "is essentially an economic appendage of the Northern Region. We know it, and it doesn't matter."

And as though in resigned acceptance of a lack of individuality, there was no map of Europe on the wall of the Madame Co-ordinator's office.

  • Isaac Asimov, Madame Szegeczowska

    • As for the Machine— What can it say but "Do this and it will be best for you." But what is best for us? Why, to be an economic appendage of the Northern Region.

    And is it so terrible? No wars! We live in peace—and it is pleasant after seven thousand years of war. We are old, monsieur. In our borders, we have the regions where Occidental civilization was cradled. We have Egypt and Mesopotamia; Crete and Syria; Asia Minor and Greece.—But old age is not necessarily an unhappy time. It can be a fruition—

  • Isaac Asimov, Madame Szegeczowska

    • "There are no longer barbarians to overthrow civilization."

    "We can be our own barbarians."

  • Isaac Asimov, Madame Szegeczowska, Steven Byerley