As they used to say 'What if they gave a war and nobody came?' How worthwhile if they declared a day of peace and everybody came.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the irony of war being ignored and the power of collective peace.
Ed Asner's quote reflects on the futility of war, suggesting that its announcement is pointless if no one participates. In contrast, it highlights the value of peace, imagining a scenario where a day dedicated to unity and harmony attracts everyone's involvement, reinforcing the idea that people desire peace over conflict.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech promoting peace initiatives.
Never stand still. Only stand still enough to learn, and once you stop learning in that stance, move off. Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get. If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets. But be around actors because that is where you will primarily learn.
We all moan and groan about the loss of the quality of life through the destruction of our ecology, and yet every one of us, in our own little comfortable ways, contributes daily to that destruction. It's time now to awaken in each one of us the respect and attention our beloved Mother deserves.
Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace. Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
This rally must send a message to the Israeli people, to the Jewish people around the world, to the many people in the Arab world, and indeed to the entire world, that the Israeli people want peace, support peace. For this, I thank you.
In the age when the atom has been split, the moon encircled, diseases conquered, is disarmament so difficult a matter that it must remain a distant dream?
War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war.
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
I am at peace with God and all mankind.
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