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. ”

A zebra does not change its spots. ”

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

I'm naturally an optimist, but my basis for hope is rooted in my understanding of human nature. ”

The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I'd been up all night inventing the Camcorder. ”

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. ”

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

The Internet empowers individuals to play a more active role in the political process, as Obama's campaign has manifested. ”

In digital era, privacy must be a priority. Is it just me, or is secret blanket surveillance obscenely outrageous? ”

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. ”