"I don't have the illusion that there's any position or role in the world with as much potential for bringing about change as that of president of the United States."

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Source: Al Gore's 'Future' Tackles Technology, Global Economy, American Democracy. PBS NewsHour with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. January 30, 2013.

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Al Gore is an American politician and environmentalist known for his advocacy on climate change and his influential work, 'An Inconvenient Truth.'

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