Gore's Nobel Acceptance Speech

[rosesaylavee]

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/gore-lecture_en.html

"....

Sometimes, without warning, the future knocks on our door with a precious and painful vision of what might be. One hundred and nineteen years ago, a wealthy inventor read his own obituary, mistakenly published years before his death. Wrongly believing the inventor had just died, a newspaper printed a harsh judgment of his life's work, unfairly labeling him "The Merchant of Death" because of his invention – dynamite. Shaken by this condemnation, t he inventor made a fateful choice to serve the cause of peace.

Seven years later, Alfred Nobel created this prize and the others that bear his name.

Seven years ago tomorrow, I read my own political obituary in a judgment that seemed to me harsh and mistaken – if not premature. But that unwelcome verdict also brought a precious if painful gift: an opportunity to search for fresh new ways to serve my purpose.

Unexpectedly, that quest has brought me here. Even though I fear my words cannot match this moment, I pray what I am feeling in my heart will be communicated clearly enough that those who hear me will say, "We must act."

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more at link

[SharonRB]

1. Yes, Al, we must act

And so must you....please help us feel confident that you know exactly what you're doing and that this will end well.

Just this snippet brought tears to my eyes. Now I need to go read the rest.

[Mabus]

2. He's also posted it on his blog

http://blog.algore.com/2007/12/nobel_prize_acceptance_speech.html

[SharonRB]

3. I got an e-mail from him

and the video will be up at algore.com later today.

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