Words matter. These are the best Al Gore Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Our democracy, our constitutional framework is really a kind of software for harnessing the creativity and political imagination for all of our people. The American democratic system was an early political version of Napster.
We are going to have the best educated American people in the world.
America’s political system has evolved over the last 50 years in ways that have enhanced the power of business lobbies.
I see myself in the mold of Rin Tin Tin. It didn’t go to his head either.
The signs that the world is spinning out of kilter are increasingly difficult to misinterpret. The question is how to convince enough people to join a critical mass of urgent opinion, in the U.S. and the rest of the world.
I take no pleasure in the fact that the scientific predictions I’ve relayed to popular audiences turn out to be true.
George Bush taking credit for the wall coming down is like the rooster taking credit for the sun rising.
There is an air of unreality in debating these arcane points when the world is changing in such dramatic ways right in front of our eyes because of global warming.
We need to remake the Democratic party. We need to remake America.
As I have said for many years throughout this land, we’re borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the future of human civilization. Every bit of that has to change.
I think it’s harder for people than it should be. But as more and more of us become carbon neutral and change the patterns in our lives to be part of the solution instead of part of the problem, we are now beginning to see the changes in policy that are needed.
In digital era, privacy must be a priority. Is it just me, or is secret blanket surveillance obscenely outrageous?
I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy.
I’m naturally an optimist, but my basis for hope is rooted in my understanding of human nature.
CO2 is the exhaling breath of our civilization, literally… Changing that pattern requires a scope, a scale, a speed of change that is beyond what we have done in the past.
I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.
The heart of the security agenda is protecting lives – and we now know that the number of people who will die of AIDS in the first decade of the 21st Century will rival the number that died in all the wars in all the decades of the 20th century.
I was in elective politics for 24 years. I’ve made four national races, two for President, two for Vice President. I have found there are other ways to serve, and I’m enjoying them.
The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I’d been up all night inventing the Camcorder.
During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.
How could this Y2K be a problem in a country where we have Intel and Microsoft?
No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.
I have always been fascinated with those who try to look over the horizon and see things that are coming at us.
I’m old enough to know that a red carpet’s just a rug, and I’ve been able to enjoy the pageantry without letting it go to my head.
When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.
Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it’s a challenge to the moral imagination.
Consider a clock thermostat, and set it so that you’re not using energy when you don’t need it, when you’re out of your house.
It’s not unusual to find big political shifts that take place beneath the surface before they’re visible above the surface.
As human beings, we are vulnerable to confusing the unprecedented with the improbable. In our everyday experience, if something has never happened before, we are generally safe in assuming it is not going to happen in the future, but the exceptions can kill you and climate change is one of those exceptions.
If you want your energy bills to go up, you should support an ever greater dependence on foreign oil, because the rate of new discoveries is declining as demand in China and India is growing, and the price of oil and thus the price of coal will go sky high.
We’re all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government.
I am Al Gore, and I used to be the next president of the United States of America.
The ability of big money to shape perceptions – where you have four anti-climate lobbyists for every single member of the House and Senate – is a big factor.
I have absolutely no plans and no expectations of ever being a candidate again.
The conversation on global warming has been stalled because a shrinking group of denialists fly into a rage when it’s mentioned.
A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.
There are many who would much prefer that the word ‘climate’ never be mentioned and that the issue be eliminated from our national conversation.
The Bush administration works closely with a network of rapid response digital brownshirts who work to pressure reporters and their editors for ‘undermining support for our troops.’
For a free country to continue thriving, there have to be regular reforms, because any society, any economy that stays in place, you’re going to see repeated attempts to exploit the openings for twisting policy to the advantage of those who already have wealth and power.
If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.
While President Bush likes to project an image of strength and courage, the real truth is that in the presence of his large financial contributors, he is a moral coward.
I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever.
Surveillance technologies now available – including the monitoring of virtually all digital information – have advanced to the point where much of the essential apparatus of a police state is already in place.
