Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Al Gore Quotes An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming "We Americans write our own history. And the chapters of
which we're proudest are the ones where we had the courage to change. "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet." "The day I made that statement, I was tired because I had been up all night inventing the Camcorder." "American troops and American taxpayers are shouldering a huge burden with no end in sight because Mr. Bush took us to war on false premises and with no plan to win the peace." "The very first words that we, the American nation, spoke were right here in Philadelphia. You know those words: "We the people." It wasn't, "We the conglomerates." It wasn't, "We the corporations." It was, "We the people." "My fellow Americans, people all over the world, we need to solve the climate crisis, it's not a political issue, it's a moral issue. We have everything we need to get started, with the possible exception of the will to act, that's a renewable resource, let's renew it." "There's an old African proverb that says "If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." We have to go far — quickly. And that means we have to quickly find a way to change the world's consciousness about exactly what we're facing, and why we have to work to solve it." "We are now in a new era. To label this time "the post-Cold War era" belies its uniqueness and its significance. We are now in a Global Age." "America cannot be the world's policeman. But we must reject the new isolationism that says: don't help anywhere, because we can not help everywhere." "We need to intensify cooperation with civilized governments all over the world to combat the common threat of terrorism." "We must also promote global access to the Internet." "A responsible foreign policy must harness all our economic and military might — but it must also make use of our values and principles." "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." "Take it from me; every vote counts. In our democracy, every vote has power." "The strength of American democracy is shown most clearly through the difficulties it can overcome." "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." "We may well put down terror in its present manifestations. But if we do not attend to the larger fundamentals as well, then the ground is fertile and has been seeded for the next generation of those born to hate us, who will hold these things up before the world's poor and dispossessed, and say that all these things are in our image, and rekindle the war we are now hoping to snuff out." "It is important that America not just stand tall against terrorists, but America must also stand for economic opportunity and democratic freedoms." "Dominance is as dominance does." "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." "The unpleasant truth is that President Bush's utter incompetence has made the world a far more dangerous place and dramatically increased the threat of terrorism against the United States." "As a nation, our greatest export has always been hope: hope that through the rule of law people can be free to pursue their dreams, that democracy can supplant repression and that justice, not power, will be the guiding force in society." "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." "I am Al Gore, and I used to be the next president of the United States of America." "History will surely judge America's decision to invade and occupy a fragile and unstable nation that did not attack us and posed no threat to us as a decision that was not only tragic but absurd." |
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