Al Gore

Today we're dumping 70 million tons of global-warming pollution into the environment, and tomorrow we will dump more, and there is no effective worldwide response. Until we start sharply reducing global-warming pollution, I will feel that I have failed. ”

The conversation on global warming has been stalled because a shrinking group of denialists fly into a rage when it's mentioned. ”

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. ”

The heart of the security agenda is protecting lives - and we now know that the number of people who will die of AIDS in the first decade of the 21st Century will rival the number that died in all the wars in all the decades of the 20th century. ”

When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler. ”

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

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

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

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. ”

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. ”