我们是生存机器——盲目编程的机器人车辆，旨在保存被称为基因的自私分子。
We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
The strength of a state is not just its ability to coerce, but its ability to provide services and maintain legitimacy in the eyes of its citizens.