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Population growth is straining the Earth's resources to the breaking point, and educating girls is the single most important factor in stabilizing that. That, plus helping women gain political and economic power and safeguarding their reproductive rights. (Al Gore)
There are skeptics who do not come to their view because they have a source of income from carbon polluters. View quote
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The rule of reason is the true sovereign in the American system. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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The signs that the world is spinning out of kilter are increasingly difficult to misinterpret. The question is how to convince enough people to join a critical mass of urgent opinion, in the U.S. and the rest of the world. View quote
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Remember America, I gave you the Internet and I can take it away. View quote
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I doubt nuclear power will play a much larger role than it does now. View quote
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We sometimes emphasize the danger in a crisis without focusing on the opportunities that are there. View quote
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Most people in politics draw energy from backslapping and shaking hands and all that. I draw energy from discussing ideas. View quote
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I see myself in the mold of Rin Tin Tin. It didn't go to his head either. (Al Gore)
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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Science has a culture that is inherently cautious and that is normally not a bad thing. You could even say conservative, because of the peer review process and because the scientific method prizes uncertainty and penalises anyone who goes out on any sort of a limb that is not held in place by abundant and well-documented evidence. View quote
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Surveillance technologies now available - including the monitoring of virtually all digital information - have advanced to the point where much of the essential apparatus of a police state is already in place. View quote
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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. View quote
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There is an air of unreality in debating these arcane points when the world is changing in such dramatic ways right in front of our eyes because of global warming. View quote
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Those who are quick to feel disrespected often have a spiritual vacuum in their lives, because they feel disconnected to the love of their Father in Heaven. View quote
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Make no mistake, it is precisely our moral authority that is our greatest source of strength. View quote
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How did we get from September 12th, 2001, when a leading French newspaper ran a giant headline with the words "We Are All Americans Now" and when we had the good will and empathy of all the world - to the horror that we all felt in witnessing the pictures of torture in Abu Ghraib? View quote
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Our most important immediate task is to continue to tear up the Al Qaeda network, and since it is present in many countries, it will be an operation, which requires new forms of sustained cooperation with other governments. View quote
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Defeating Saddam was conflated with bringing war to the terrorists, even though it really meant diverting attention and resources from those who actually attacked us. (Al Gore)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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This is a time of great opportunity for our country. View quote
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But we need not only a new generation of weapons. We need a new generation of thinking. View quote
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