Bill Clinton: “----his father was--for people like me, growing up in our part of the country, Al Gore was the embodiment of the--Albert…”

“----his father was--for people like me, growing up in our part of the country, Al Gore was the embodiment of the--Albert Gore, Sr., was the embodiment of everything public service ought to be. He was a teacher; he was a progressive; he helped to connect the South with the rest of America; he was progressive on race; he was courageous in standing up for what he believed in--Vietnam. You know, he might have been, himself, in national office if he hadn't been just a little too far ahead of his time. He was a remarkable, remarkable man, and I'm very grateful that I had the chance to know him and his wife and spend some time with them as a result of our relationship with the Vice President. The country has lost a great patriot, a great public servant, a man who was truly a real role model for young people like me in the South in the 1960's.”