I – Chapter 09

0100 [00:25:28] "I had such faith in our democratic system, our self-government. I actually thought and believed that the story would be compelling enough to cause a real sea change in the way the Congress reacted to that issue. I thought they would be startled too. And they weren't." (Al Gore)

0200 [00:25:54] "The struggles, the victories that aren't really victories, the defeats that aren't really defeats. They can serve to magnify the significance of some trivial step forward, exaggerate the seeming importance of some massive setback. " (Al Gore)

0300 [00:26:19] "April 3rd, 1989. My son pulled loose from my hand and chased his friend across the street. He was six years old. The machine was breathing for him. We were possibly going to lose him. He finally took a breath. We stayed in the hospital for a month. It was almost as if you can look at that calendar and just go...whoosh. And everything just flew off. Seemed trivial, insignificant. He was so brave. He was such.... He was such a brave guy. " (Al Gore)

0400 [00:27:22] "Just turned my whole world upside down and then shook it until everything fell out. My way of being in the world. It just changed everything for me. How should I spend my time on this Earth? " (Al Gore)

0500 [00:27:43] "I really dug in, trying to learn about it much more deeply. I went to Antarctica. Went t to the South Pole, the North Pole, the Amazon. Went to places where scientists could help me understand parts of the issue that I didn't really understand in depth. The possibility of losing what was most precious to me." (Al Gore)