Al Gore (born 1948) served as the 45th Vice President of the United States under President Bill Clinton. An environmental advocate, Gore championed climate change awareness and sustainable practices. His documentary film 'An Inconvenient Truth' brought global attention to the urgency of addressing environmental issues.
"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power."
"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."
"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 took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth, environmental protection, improvements in our educational system."
"As president, I will bring all the parties and stakeholders together. I am going to come up with a solution that respects the environment and does not cause an upheaval in the economy."
"I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest."
"Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral imagination."
"I have absolutely no plans and no expectations of ever being a candidate again."