Al Gore

Al Gore

22 quotes

As a Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001, Al Gore brought a distinctive perspective that shines through in every quotation. With equal ease, Al Gore moved between Change and Environmental, finding connections others missed. Browse 30 quotes by Al Gore that cover ground from Change, Environmental, Imagination, Future, and War. Consider this gem from Al Gore: "Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo."

“Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral imagination.”

— Al Gore

Environmental

All Quotes by Al Gore

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

— Al Gore

Faith

“A zebra does not change its spots.”

— Al Gore

Change

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

— Al Gore

Funny

“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.”

— Al Gore

Change

“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.”

— Al Gore

War

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

— Al Gore

Car

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

— Al Gore

Science

“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.”

— Al Gore

Change

“The Bush-Cheney administration had betrayed some basic American values. So there was hunger for change.”

— Al Gore

Change

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

— Al Gore

Government

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

— Al Gore

Education

“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.”

— Al Gore

Courage

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

— Al Gore

Business

“I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy.”

— Al Gore

Environmental

“Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.”

— Al Gore

Nature

“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.”

— Al Gore

Imagination

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

— Al Gore

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.”

— Al Gore

Environmental

“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.”

— Al Gore

Politics

“Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral imagination.”

— Al Gore

Environmental