I'm going to be candid with you. I had hoped to be back here this week under different circumstances, running for re-election. But you know the old s… - Al Gore

"Reclamações sobre privacidade na internet,marco civil,mas não fazemos a menor ideia do que ocorre por de trás das cortinas:

"...O Worm(vírus de computador mais sofisticado) Stuxnet, a princípio criado em parceria pelos Estados Unidos e por Israel, cumpriu sua missão e invadiu um sistema de controle industrial da Siemens conectado aos motores das centrífugas iranianas responsáveis pelo enriquecimento de urânio, como parte do programa nuclear daquele país. Quando o Stuxnet confirmou que havia encontrado o alvo, transformou-se e começou a alterar a velocidade dos motores das centrífugas , dessincronizando-os a ponto de interromper a atividade.

The evil we now confront is not just the one-time creation of a charismatic leader and his co-conspirators, or even of a handful of regimes. What we deal with now is today's manifestation of an anger welling up from deep layers of grievance shared by many millions of people. Military force alone cannot deal with this. Public diplomacy alone cannot drain this reservoir. What will be needed is a far reaching American strategy for encouraging reform, and for engaging day in and day out with societies that are trying to cast off the curse of bitter experience relived continuously. Hope for the future is the only way to put out these fires.

في السنوات الأولى من القرن الحادي والعشرين كان هنالك دوماً زعماء يرغبون في إثارة قلق الناس ,بغية تقديم أنفسهم بوصفهم حماة الخائفين. فالزعماء الغوغائيين يَعِدون دوماً بالأمن مقابل التنازل عن الحرية.