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

A zebra does not change its spots.
Al Gore

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

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.
Al Gore

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.
Al Gore

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.
Al Gore

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

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

How could this Y2K be a problem in a country where we have Intel and Microsoft?
Al Gore

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


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

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

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

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

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.
Al Gore

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

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

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

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.'
Al Gore

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