Quotes by Al Gore

About Al Gore:

Albert Arnold is an American politician and environmentalist who served as the 45th Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Chosen as Clinton's running mate in their successful 1992 campaign, he was reelected in 1996. At the end of Clinton's second term, Gore was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in 2000. In what was one of the closest presidential races in history, while Gore won the national popular vote, he lost the electoral vote, and thus the Presidency, to George W. Bush. After leaving office, Gore remained prominent as an author and environmental activist, whose work in climate change activism earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.
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I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy.

Al Gore

A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government.

Al Gore

I have faith in the United States and our ability to make good decisions based on the facts.

Al Gore

When people flirt with despair about the future, they are less likely to take the actions necessary to safeguard it, focusing instead on the short-term.

Al Gore

There's lots about politics I don't feel comfortable with. To talk about the politics of future ideas is impossible in soundbite form.

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There is the natural tendency that all of us are vulnerable to, to deny unpleasant realities and to look for any excuse to push them away and resolve to think about them another day long in the future.

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The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I'd been up all night inventing the Camcorder.

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I wrote newspaper articles professionally for seven years, and I love newspapers.

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I remember as a boy when the conversation on civil rights was won in the South. I remember a time when one of my friends made a racist joke and another said, 'Hey man, we don't go for that anymore.'

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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.

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Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.

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The science linking the increased frequency and severity of extreme weather to the climate crisis has matured tremendously in the last couple of years.

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Science has a culture that is inherently cautious and that is normally not a bad thing. You could even say conservative, because of the peer review process and because the scientific method prizes uncertainty and penalises anyone who goes out on any ...

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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.

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The first less is this: take it from me, every vote counts.

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I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.

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The entire North Polar ice cap is disappearing before our very eyes. It's been the size of the continental United States for the last 3 million years and now 40 percent is gone and the rest of it is going.

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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.

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Today we're dumping 70 million tons of global-warming pollution into the environment, and tomorrow we will dump more, and there is no effective worldwide response. Until we start sharply reducing global-warming pollution, I will feel that I have fail...

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The conversation on global warming has been stalled because a shrinking group of denialists fly into a rage when it's mentioned.

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I have absolutely no plans and no expectations of ever being a candidate again.

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Author Bio

  • NameAl Gore
  • Description45th Vice President of the United States
  • AliasesAlbert Arnold Gore, Jr.; Albert Arnold Gore
  • BornMarch 31, 1948
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Financier; Businessperson
  • AwardsNobel Peace Prize; Primetime Emmy Award; Webby Lifetime Achievement Award; Princess Of Asturias Award For International Cooperation; Giuseppe Motta Medal