Our democracy, our constitutional framework is really a kind of software for harnessing the creativity and political imagination for all of our people. The American democratic system was an early political version of Napster.
I drive a hybrid, and we've changed our light bulbs and windows and installed solar panels and geothermal ground source heat pumps and most everything else.
A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.
How could this Y2K be a problem in a country where we have Intel and Microsoft?
The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I'd been up all night inventing the Camcorder.
Hey, you know what, I've gotta go on that 'Letterman' show. That show is so lame.
Science has a culture that is inherently cautious and that is normally not a bad thing. You could even say conservative, because of the peer review process and because the scientific method prizes uncertainty and penalises anyone who goes out on any sort of a limb that is not held in place by abundant and well-documented evidence.
I think it's harder for people than it should be. But as more and more of us become carbon neutral and change the patterns in our lives to be part of the solution instead of part of the problem, we are now beginning to see the changes in policy that are needed.
I'm old enough to know that a red carpet's just a rug, and I've been able to enjoy the pageantry without letting it go to my head.
Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.
Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral imagination.
I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever.
I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.
The presidency is more than a popularity contest.
I take no pleasure in the fact that the scientific predictions I've relayed to popular audiences turn out to be true.
The Congress is virtually incapable of passing any reforms unless they first get permission from the powerful special interests who are most affected by the proposal.
While President Bush likes to project an image of strength and courage, the real truth is that in the presence of his large financial contributors, he is a moral coward.
We need to remake the Democratic party. We need to remake America.
I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy.
The heart of the security agenda is protecting lives - and we now know that the number of people who will die of AIDS in the first decade of the 21st Century will rival the number that died in all the wars in all the decades of the 20th century.
