Quotes from Gore

"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."

-- Vice President Al Gore, 9/22/97

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"For NASA, space is still a high priority."

-- Vice President Al Gore, 9/5/93

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"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children."

-- Vice President Al Gore

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"The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century."

-- Vice President Al Gore, 9/15/95

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"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."

-- Vice President Al Gore

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"[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."

-- Vice President Al Gore

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"We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made."

-- Vice President Al Gore

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"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change."

-- Vice President Al Gore, 5/22/98

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"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared.'"

-- Vice President Al Gore, 12/6/93

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"Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things."

-- Vice President Al Gore, 11/30/96

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"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future."

-- Vice President Al Gore

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"The future will be better tomorrow."

-- Vice President Al Gore

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"We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world."

-- Vice President Al Gore, 9/21/97

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"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."

-- Vice President Al Gore to Sam Donaldson, 8/17/93

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"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a *part* of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a *part* of Europe."

-- Vice President Al Gore