Quotes By Al Gore

If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure.

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.

We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.

It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.

No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

America's political system has evolved over the last 50 years in ways that have enhanced the power of business lobbies.

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.

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

The Internet empowers individuals to play a more active role in the political process, as Obama's campaign has manifested.

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.

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.'

George Bush taking credit for the wall coming down is like the rooster taking credit for the sun rising.

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.

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 the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy.

Consider what kind of car you get. Buy cars and other products that have the least impact environmentally.

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

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.

There are skeptics who do not come to their view because they have a source of income from carbon polluters.

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

I see myself in the mold of Rin Tin Tin. It didn't go to his head either.

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

Hey, you know what, I've gotta go on that 'Letterman' show. That show is so lame.

A zebra does not change its spots.

We are going to have the best educated American people in the world.

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 failed.

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

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 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.

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.