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The truth is that we're at a critical juncture in the history of our species and if we don't act soon, we could inhabit a world we don't recognize anymore.

Al Gore

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Al Gore
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 31
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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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Fake news has been around as long as news has been around.
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Civil disobedience has an honourable history, and when the urgency and moral clarity cross a certain threshold, then I think that civil disobedience is quite understandable, and it has a role to play.
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During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.
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Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilisation in World War Two. We have everything we need except political will, but political will is a renewable resource.
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I have faith in the United States and our ability to make good decisions based on the facts.
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