A small figure holding an amber lantern beneath a large horned shadow on a dark indigo wall.

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Ray Bradbury

Evil has only the power that we give it.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker argues that evil gains its strength through what people grant it. That view shifts attention from evil as an overwhelming outside force to the ways human choices can enable it. The statement is both a challenge to fear and a demand to consider responsibility.

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