VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-10-24
“I stand here as my own man,”
Al Gore · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-24
Gore told the Democratic party's convention in 2000 that he was his own man, seeking to distance himself from Clinton after the Lewinsky impeachment.
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