They have one of the most popular causes ... particularly when we've got a war going on. It's unconscionable that they're so inefficient.

It's hard to get donors to think about other important causes. It's a shame for the people in Niger and Mali and people in everyone's hometown that are in need. ... They'll have to suffer also because of Katrina.

When a big disaster happens, it heightens the philanthropic impulse.

This storm involved the largest relocation of people since the Civil War, it's of historic proportions, so people want to do something about it. Americans do feel very connected to a wide scale disaster like this and they're inspired to do something.

What may be unconscionable to one judge may not be unconscionable to another judge,

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have conquered in myself what causes war.