Al Gore quotes - page 8

Our future is dependent upon increasing cooperation and interdependence in a world tied ever more closely together by technologies of communications and travel. (Al Gore)
It is well documented that humans are especially fearful of threats that can be easily pictured or imagined. View quote
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In the Congress as a whole-both House and Senate-the enhanced role of money in the re-election process, coupled with the sharply diminished role for reasoned deliberation and debate, has produced an atmosphere conducive to pervasive institutionalized corruption. View quote
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This is America. Just as we fight hard when the stakes are high, we close ranks and come together when the contest is done. And while there will be time enough to debate our continuing differences, now is the time to recognize that that which unites us is greater than that which divides us. View quote
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One of the truly bad things about our politics is that it incites each administration to attack every last thing its predecessor has done, and to either tear down what was left or rename it so that its parentage can be forgotten. View quote
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This has been an extraordinary election. View quote
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Fortunately, the Internet has the potential to revitalize the role played by the people in our constitutional framework. View quote
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Our founders were insightful students of human nature. View quote
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I'm going to be candid with you. I had hoped to be back here this week under different circumstances, running for re-election. But you know the old saying: you win some, you lose some. And then there's that little-known third category. View quote
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To meet these challenges requires cooperation on a scale not seen before. A realistic reading of the world today demands reinvigorated international and regional institutions. It demands that we confront threats before they spiral out of the control. And it requires American leadership - to protect our interests and uphold our values. View quote
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Let me be clear: promoting prosperity throughout the world is a crucial form of forward engagement. (Al Gore)
It is a decision that could have been made only at a moment in time when reason was playing a sharply diminished role in our national deliberations. View quote
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There was then, there is now and there would have been regardless of what Bush did, a threat of terrorism that we would have to deal with. But instead of making it better, he has made it infinitely worse. We are less safe because of his policies. View quote
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President Bush offered a brief and half-hearted apology to the Arab world - but he should apologize to the American people for abandoning the Geneva Conventions. View quote
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Now the U.S. Supreme Court has spoken. Let there be no doubt, while I strongly disagree with the court's decision, I accept it. View quote
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We have to be crystal clear about the threat we face from terrorism. It is deadly. It is real. It is imminent. View quote
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Our world is unconquerable because the human spirit is unconquerable, and any national strategy based on pursuing the goal of domination is doomed to fail because it generates its own opposition, and in the process, creates enemies for the would-be dominator. View quote
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One of the most tragic consequences of these official crimes is that it will be very hard for any of us as Americans - at least for a very long time - to effectively stand up for human rights elsewhere and criticize other governments, when our policies have resulted in our soldiers behaving so monstrously. View quote
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We must acknowledge that the utter poverty of hundreds of millions of people is not a matter for compassion only, but a threat in the long term to the growth and vigor of the global economic system. View quote
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There is good and evil in every person. And what makes the United States special in the history of nations is our commitment to the rule of law and our carefully constructed system of checks and balances. View quote
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Dominance is as dominance does. (Al Gore)
Dominance is not really a strategic policy or political philosophy at all. It is a seductive illusion that tempts the powerful to satiate their hunger for more power still by striking a Faustian bargain. View quote
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Hope for the future is the only way to put out these fires. View quote
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What happens in a presidential election matters - a lot. View quote
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For the last fourteen years, I have advocated the elimination of all payroll taxes - including those for social security and unemployment compensation - and the replacement of that revenue in the form of pollution taxes - principally on CO2. View quote
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