Ultimately, this is really not a political issue so much as a moral issue. If we allow that to happen, it'd be deeply unethical.
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Al Gore We have everything, save perhaps political will. But in America, I believe political will is a renewable resource.
Al Gore Future generations may well have occasion to ask themselves, "What were our parents thinking? Why didn't they wake up when they had a chance?" We have to hear that question from them, now.
I am Al Gore, and I used to be the next president of the United States of America.
[laughter] I don't find that particularly funny.
[laughter] I don't find that particularly funny.
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