The planet is in distress and all of the attention is on Paris Hilton. Al Gore More Quotes by Al Gore More Quotes From Al Gore Incredibly, while these 18 to 20 year-olds cannot legally buy a beer, cannot purchase a bottle of wine and cannot order a drink in a bar, right now they can walk into any gun shop, any pawn shop, any gun show, anywhere in America and buy a handgun. Al Gore wine gun beer I put all my sighs in a lockbox Al Gore sigh There was never any doubt in our minds that men and women were equal, if not more so. Al Gore doubt mind men I tell you that Michael Jackson is unbelievable, isn't he? He's just unbelievable! Al Gore unbelievable The spiritual sense of our place in nature... can be traced to the origins of human civilization... The last vestige of organized goddess worship was eliminated by Christianity. Al Gore lasts spiritual civilization The climate crisis is not a political issue; it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity. It is also our greatest opportunity to lift global consciousness to a higher level. Al Gore issues spiritual opportunity I'm passionate about restoring the efficacy of American democracy, making capitalism sustainable, prioritizing advances in technology, and seizing the opportunities to use that kind of innovation to help usher in a new economy that doesn't rely on carbon-spewing fossil fuels. Al Gore innovation technology opportunity Our planet has a rising fever. If the crib catches fire you don't say: 'Hmmm, how fast is that crib going to burn? Has it ever burned before? Is my baby flame retardant?' Al Gore flames fire baby In the United States of America, unfortunately we still live in a bubble of unreality. And the Category 5 denial is an enormous obstacle to any discussion of solutions. Nobody is interested in solutions if they don’t think there’s a problem. Given that starting point, I believe it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous it is, as a predicate for opening up the audience to listen to what the solutions are, and how hopeful it is that we are going to solve this crisis. Al Gore believe america thinking Speaking from my own religious tradition in this Christmas season, 2,000 years ago a homeless woman gave birth to a homeless child in a manger because the inn was full. Al Gore religious children years I feel passionate about solving the climate crisis. Al Gore passionate crisis climate The interior of the earth is extremely hot – several million degrees. Al Gore degrees earth hot We have a planetary emergency. We have to find a way to create, in the generation of those alive today, a sense of generational mission. Al Gore live-for-today generations alive 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 party president together A day will come when our children and grandchildren will look back and they'll ask one of two questions. Either they will ask: "what in God's name were they doing?" or they may look back and say: "how did they find the uncommon moral courage to rise above politics and redeem the promise of American democracy?" Al Gore names two children I think the ethical standards established in this White House have been the highest in the history of the White House. Al Gore ethical-standards white thinking I was born a poor black child. Al Gore jerk black children There's such a wide variation in tax systems around the world, it's difficult to imagine a harmonized CO2 tax that every country agrees to. That's not in the cards in the near term. But the countries that are doing the best job, like Sweden, are already doing both of these. I think that eventually we'll use both of them but we need to get started right away and the cap-and-trade is a proven and effective tool. Al Gore jobs country thinking I've been dreaming of this moment since I was a kid growing up in Tennessee: that one day, I'd have the chance to come here to Madison Square Garden and be the warm-up act for Elvis. Al Gore garden squares dream The role of campaign contributions in our political system and the role of lobbyists have now reached levels that are quite unhealthy for the operations of our democracy. But the antidote, as in past eras of lobbyist excess, is for more involvement by citizens to build pressure on members of the House and Senate to serve the public interest. Al Gore political house past
