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We have an organization for
the mutual protection of all planets,
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and for the complete
elimination of aggression.
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The test of any such higher authority
is, of course, the police force that supports it.
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For our policemen,
we created a race of robots.
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Their function is to patrol the planets
in spaceships like this one,
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and preserve the peace.
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In matters of aggression
we have given them absolute power over us.
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This power cannot be revoked.
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At the first sign of violence,
they act automatically against the aggressor.
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The penalty for provoking their action
is too terrible to risk.
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The result is, we live in peace,
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without arms or armies,
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secure in the knowledge that
we are free from aggression and war,
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free to pursue more profitable enterprises.
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We do not pretend
to have achieved perfection,
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but we do have a system, and it works.
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I came here to give you these facts.
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It is no concern of ours
how you run your own planet.
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But if you threaten to extend your violence,
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this Earth of yours
will be reduced to a burned-out cinder.
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Your choice is simple.
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Join us and live in peace,
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or pursue your present course
and face obliteration.
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We shall be waiting for your answer.
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The decision rests with you.