Al Gore clearly has the vision... it's a much better vision than that of George W. Bush.

Behind all the years of practice and all the hours of glory waits that inexorable terror of living without the game.

Tax (reform) is ultimately a decision about values.

Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the environment has to be preserved.

People tell me, "I'm glad you said that." But this is not a spectator sport. This is an activity that requires daily moral awakening as well as a commitment that leads to real change.

I think the political process has degenerated into name-calling and extremism, and I think that that's unfortunate.

We need to get beyond the politics of the moment, the deficit of the hour, the military count of the day, the numbers that rarely shape events. Our long-term interests must be in people and in the values of democracy and individual liberty.