From wherever the emissions come, they have the same effect: They trap much more heat from the sun, melt the ice, raise the sea level, cause stronger storms, floods, drought, bigger fires, generate millions of climate refugees, destabilize political systems, threaten the growing of food crops and cause a number of other catastrophic consequences which, taken together, threaten the basis for the future of human civilization on the Earth.

You have to rip your opponent's lungs out and then move on.

As long as the government's actions are secret, it cannot be held accountable. A government for the people and by the people should be transparent to the people.

Unless we act boldly and quickly to deal with the underlying causes of global warming, our world will undergo a string of terrible catastrophes.

Feb. 9, 1999 Dear Friend, Without your previous support, Bill Clinton and I would not have won our victories for the American people in 1992 and 1996. ... And to win in 2000, I need you by my side.

I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever.

When fear displaces reason, the result is often irrational hatred and division.