Al Gore

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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 pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever.

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

The presidency is more than a popularity contest.

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

The golden thread of reason that used to be stretched taut to mark the boundary between the known and the unknown is now routinely disrespected.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 sort of a limb that is not held in place by abundant and well-documented evidence.