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Remember America, I gave you the Internet and I can take it away.

Al Gore

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Al Gore
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 31
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Americans have the right to have their medical decisions made by them and their doctors, and not by those bureaucrats sitting behind a computer screen hundreds of miles away.
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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.
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Well-established theories collapse under the weight of new facts and observations which cannot be explained, and then accumulate to the point where the once useful theory is clearly obsolete.
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We can believe in the future and work to achieve it and preserve it, or we can whirl blindly on, behaving as if one day there will be no children to inherit our legacy. The choice is ours the earth is in balance.
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Unless we act boldly and quickly to deal with the underlying causes of global warming, our world will undergo a string of terrible catastrophes.
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I used to have a military officer travelling with me at all times with a suitcase - referred to as the nuclear football - in case it had to be used.
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The golden thread of reason that used to be stretched taut to mark the boundary between the known and the unknown is now routinely disrespected.
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As long as the government's actions are secret, it cannot be held accountable. A government for the people and by the people should be transparent to the people.
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Throughout history, religious wars have always been the most brutal and cruel and merciless.
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I don't have the illusion that there's any position or role in the world with as much potential for bringing about change as that of president of the United States.
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