Bill Moyers - Finding Justice In Charity

Bill Moyers is a broadcast journalist and former host of the PBS program "NOW With Bill Moyers."This piece is adapted from a speech Moyers presented to a wealth and giving forum on Oct. 22, 2005. Moyers also serves as president of the Schumann Center for Media and Democracy, which gives financial support to TomPaine.com.

I was pleased to be asked to join you today. I take hope from the presence in one room of so many people who are committed to using their means to make it possible for so many other people to do good things.

Some people I know love money for its own sake. Some I know love power for its own sake. Sometimes they are the same people.

But over the years, I have found that the people of means who are the happiest and most deeply satisfied are those who use their money to empower others. They feel more than lucky; they feel blessed.