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.

- Al Gore

The struggle against poverty in the world and the challenge of cutting wealthy country emissions all has a single, very simple solution... Here it is: Put a price on carbon.

- Al Gore

It's not unusual to find big political shifts that take place beneath the surface before they're visible above the surface.

- Al Gore

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

- Al Gore

You know the old saying: you win some, you lose some... and then there's that little-known third category.

- Al Gore

We are going to have the best educated American people in the world.

- Al Gore

I do genuinely believe that the political system is not linear. When it reaches a tipping point fashioned by a critical mass of opinion, the slow pace of change we're used to will no longer be the norm. I see a lot of signs every day that we're moving closer and closer to that tipping point.

- Al Gore

I remember as a boy when the conversation on civil rights was won in the South. I remember a time when one of my friends made a racist joke and another said, 'Hey man, we don't go for that anymore.'

- Al Gore

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.

- Al Gore

Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power.

- Al Gore

The dominance of short-term perspectives has led to routine decisions in the markets that sacrifice the long-term buildup of genuine value in pursuit of artificial, short-term gains.

- Al Gore

I wrote newspaper articles professionally for seven years, and I love newspapers.

- Al Gore

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.

- Al Gore

The signs that the world is spinning out of kilter are increasingly difficult to misinterpret. The question is how to convince enough people to join a critical mass of urgent opinion, in the U.S. and the rest of the world.

- Al Gore

Consider a clock thermostat, and set it so that you're not using energy when you don't need it, when you're out of your house.

- Al Gore

Hey, you know what, I've gotta go on that 'Letterman' show. That show is so lame.

- Al Gore

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

- Al Gore

I flew on Air Force Two for eight years, and now I have to take off my shoes to get on an aeroplane.

- Al Gore

I see myself in the mold of Rin Tin Tin. It didn't go to his head either.

- Al Gore

I was in elective politics for 24 years. I've made four national races, two for President, two for Vice President. I have found there are other ways to serve, and I'm enjoying them.

- Al Gore