"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