Zitat des Tages von Al Gore:
We need to remake the Democratic party. We need to remake America.
There are many who would much prefer that the word 'climate' never be mentioned and that the issue be eliminated from our national conversation.
I drive a hybrid, and we've changed our light bulbs and windows and installed solar panels and geothermal ground source heat pumps and most everything else.
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.
I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy.
I'm old enough to know that a red carpet's just a rug, and I've been able to enjoy the pageantry without letting it go to my head.
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 pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever.
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.
No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.
Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.
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 first less is this: take it from me, every vote counts.
The science linking the increased frequency and severity of extreme weather to the climate crisis has matured tremendously in the last couple of years.
A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.
I do genuinely believe that the political system is not linear. When it reaches a tipping point fashioned by a critical mass of opinion, the slow pace of change we're used to will no longer be the norm. I see a lot of signs every day that we're moving closer and closer to that tipping point.
The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I'd been up all night inventing the Camcorder.
For a free country to continue thriving, there have to be regular reforms, because any society, any economy that stays in place, you're going to see repeated attempts to exploit the openings for twisting policy to the advantage of those who already have wealth and power.
During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.
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.
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.
Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilisation in World War Two. We have everything we need except political will, but political will is a renewable resource.
I am Al Gore, and I used to be the next president of the United States of America.
While President Bush likes to project an image of strength and courage, the real truth is that in the presence of his large financial contributors, he is a moral coward.
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.
We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government.
I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.
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.
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.'
Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral imagination.
The conversation on global warming has been stalled because a shrinking group of denialists fly into a rage when it's mentioned.
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.
A zebra does not change its spots.
It's not unusual to find big political shifts that take place beneath the surface before they're visible above the surface.
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.