There is too much government today. We've got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the need for a government that truly represents and serves its citizens.
Ray Bradbury's quote reminds us that a government should be a reflection of the collective will and needs of its people. It warns against an overly intrusive or disconnected government, advocating instead for a system that is accountable to the citizens it governs.
In practice
In a speech about civic engagement, one could say, 'As Ray Bradbury stated, we must ensure our government remains by the people, of the people, and for the people.'
I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he'll eventually make some kind of career for himself as a writer. Ray Bradbury, 1967 interview (Doing the Math - that means for every story he sold, he wrote six "un-publishable" ones. Keep typing!)
I never went to college, so I went to the library.
There must be something in books, something we canβt imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You donβt stay for nothing.
I think the sun is a flower, That blooms for just one hour.
The first thing a writer should be is - excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms. Without such vigor, he might as well be out picking peaches or digging ditches; God knows it'd be better for his health.
You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.
Power-worship blurs political judgment because it leads, almost unavoidably, to the belief that present trends will continue. Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.
It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention.
There is no private domain of a person's life that is not political, and there is no political issue that is not ultimately personal.
Big corporations have money and power to make sure every rule breaks their way; people have voices and votes to push back.
There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.
The bedrock of our democracy is the rule of law and that means we have to have an independent judiciary, judges who can make decisions independent of the political winds that are blowing.
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