[fencepost]

The judge can't help all of those other millions, but he can help the one right in front of him. Are you saying that if he can't help everyone then it's better that he help nobody?

Or to give it the common phrase, "Think globally, act locally."

[ghufran_syed]

Or to quote p.j.o'rourke: "Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes."

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/P._J._O%27Rourke