Al Gore Quotes - Page 17

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• When we respond to threats immediately and take action right away, it's usually the threats that we're hard-wired to respond to, the kinds of things that our ancestors survived.

  Al Gore

  Action, Kind, Threat

  Interview with Andrea Mitchell, www.nbcnews.com. 2013.

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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. But the most important truth is that we are capable of stopping climate change before the worst of its consequences are locked in. The solutions exist - all we need is the will to do something about it.

  Al Gore

  Important, Climate, Needs

  "Al Gore | The Most Important Truth. The Power of Your Own Voice". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• For me, the most serious problem is how America became so vulnerable to the assertion of blatant falsehoods that drive policy and are not corrected by the so-called immune system of democracy, a free press and a free democratic discourse.

  Al Gore

  America, Democracy, Serious

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• There are some bright spots, to be sure, but the internet is still in a Wild West phase, as was the case during the early age of the printing press as well.

  Al Gore

  Age, West, Phases

  "In The Age Of Fake News And Alternative Facts, Al Gore Remains Optimistic". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. March 14, 2017.

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• In an economic recession, naturally, when you ask people to list their priorities, they're going to place a higher priority on the immediate economic situation.

  Al Gore

  People, Priorities, Economic Recession

  "Gore talks climate change, jobs in an interview with NBC's Andrea Mitchell". www.nbcnews.com. December 9, 2009.

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• You can push your local communities to adopt more sustainable sources of energy and environmentally-friendly practices.

  Al Gore

  Practice, Community, Friendly

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• It's not at all new for wealthy and powerful interests to try to hide the ball and ignore independent analyses of relevant facts.

  Al Gore

  Powerful, Independent, Trying

  "In The Age Of Fake News And Alternative Facts, Al Gore Remains Optimistic". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. March 14, 2017.

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• We've seen the bankruptcy of many newspapers. We've seen a further erosion of the line between news and entertainment. But I do believe that there is reason to hope that over time we will see the higher-quality journalism rise to the surface.

  Al Gore

  Believe, Erosion, Quality

  "In The Age Of Fake News And Alternative Facts, Al Gore Remains Optimistic". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. March 14, 2017.

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• 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

  Technology, Opportunity, Innovation

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• Although I have a variety of obligations, the climate crisis is my central concern.

  Al Gore

  Climate, Crisis, Obligation

  "Al Gore | The Most Important Truth. The Power of Your Own Voice". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• George Orwell once wrote that a false belief sooner or later collides with physical reality, usually on a battlefield.

  Al Gore

  Reality, Belief, Collide

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I feel passionate about solving the climate crisis.

  Al Gore

  Climate, Passionate, Crisis

  "Al Gore | The Most Important Truth. The Power of Your Own Voice". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I work to promote the idea of sustainable capitalism driven by long-term considerations rather than quarterly profits, which seeks to better people's lives and the planet rather than destroy them.

  Al Gore

  Ideas, Long, People

  "Al Gore | The Most Important Truth. The Power of Your Own Voice". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I think that asserting that former President Obama wasn't born in the United States was just the height of irresponsibility, of course. And Donald Trump corrected that one. There are others that have yet to be corrected.

  Al Gore

  Thinking, President, United States

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• We are seeing every night on the television news now a nature hike through the Book of Revelation. These climate-related extreme weather events have convinced the vast majority of people that the scientists have been right for a long time. We have to address this.

  Al Gore

  Book, Night, Weather

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The truth is that climate change is presenting the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced.

  Al Gore

  Challenges, Humanity, Climate

  "Al Gore | The Most Important Truth. The Power of Your Own Voice". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• When you talk about President Trump, the cable networks turned over so many hours of prime time to him. Why? Because he was entertaining, but also because it drove ratings. And that is different from what the news media is supposed to focus on.

  Al Gore

  Media, Focus, President

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Political will is a renewable resource, and everyone can have it in abundance if they so choose.

  Al Gore

  Political Will, Renewable Resources, Abundance

  "Al Gore | The Most Important Truth. The Power of Your Own Voice". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I'm still trying to figure out exactly what President Trump represents in American politics. But, if nothing else, he represents a way for tens of millions of people who were desperate for change to just turn the table over and say, we want to start over again. But it is a challenge for our democracy. It definitely is. But, again, the remedy has to be devoting enough attention to restoring the way we make collective decisions in this country.

  Al Gore

  Country, People, Starting Over

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Eventually we'll use a CO2 tax offset by a reduction in taxes elsewhere alongside a cap-and-trade plan, but the degree of difficulty associated with a CO2 tax far exceeds that with a cap-and-trade plan. We're seeing it's hard to get a cap-and-trade plan and it's much easier to use as a basis for a global agreement than a CO2 tax.

  Al Gore

  Agreement, Degrees, Use

  Source: www.slate.com

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• 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

  Country, Jobs, Thinking

  ""What in the Hell Do They Think Is Causing It?"". Interview with John Dickerson, www.slate.com. December 8, 2009.

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• Even though it's important for all of us to change our light bulbs and the vehicles we drive, it's much more important to change our laws and policies. I drive a hybrid and we've changed our light bulbs and windows and installed solar panels and geothermal ground source heat pumps and most everything else. But putting the burden on individuals to solve this global crisis is ultimately not going to be the most effective way to solve it.

  Al Gore

  Light, Law, Important

  ""What in the Hell Do They Think Is Causing It?"". Interview with John Dickerson, www.slate.com. December 8, 2009.

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• Israel has its own right as a nation to defend its national security.

  Al Gore

  Israel, National Security, Nations

  "Gore talks climate change, jobs in an interview with NBC's Andrea Mitchell". www.nbcnews.com. December 9, 2009.

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• When our founders created America, it was in the age of the printing press, when individuals could freely join the conversation. And that robust, democratic dialogue more often than not lifted up the best available evidence and asserted what was more likely to be true than not.

  Al Gore

  America, Age, Individual

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• We have to use our reasoning capacity and set long-term goals based on our deepest values.

  Al Gore

  Long, Goal, Use

  "Gore talks climate change, jobs in an interview with NBC's Andrea Mitchell". www.nbcnews.com. December 9, 2009.

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