With a small fraction of the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on the Iraq war, the US and Australia could ensure every starving, sunken-eyed child on the planet could be well fed, have clean water and sanitation and a local school to go to.
Interpretation
This quote highlights the disparity in resource allocation, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing humanitarian aid over warfare.
Bob Brown's quote reflects on the massive financial expenditures on war, suggesting that the same resources could instead be utilized to address critical global issues such as hunger, clean water, and education for children. It encourages a reevaluation of how priorities are set by nations, advocating for a shift towards compassionate action that directly benefits vulnerable populations.
In practice
This quote can be used during a charity event to emphasize the importance of redirecting funds to aid.
I have seen such an immense change from the total repression and criminality of homosexuality in my lifetime. It does make me much more buoyant and optimistic about the future. If that change can occur in that time there's hope for many other changes.
We are all born bonded to nature; that's why we put depictions of flowers and forests, rather than bulldozers or log piles, on our walls.
The future will either be green or not at all.
We are the representatives of the cosmos; we are an example of what hydrogen atoms can do, given 15 billion years of cosmic evolution.
War's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.
How many people also in our time are in search of God, in search of Jesus and of his Church, in search of divine mercy, and are waiting for a "sign" that will touch their minds and their hearts! Today, as then, the Evangelist reminds us that the only "sign" is Jesus raised on the cross: Jesus who died and rose is the absolutely sufficient sign. Through him we can understand the truth about life and obtain salvation.
One is a member of a country, a profession, a civilization, a religion. One is not just a man.
We cannot grasp the true meaning of the divine holiness by thinking of someone or something very pure and then raising the concept to the highest degree we are capable of. God's holiness is not simply the best we know infinitely bettered. We know nothing like the divine holiness. It stands apart, unique, unapproachable, incomprehensible and unattainable. The natural man is blind to it. He may fear God's power and admire His wisdom, but His holiness he cannot even imagine.
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