Gore's actual words were widely reaffirmed by notable Internet pioneers, such as Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn, who stated, "No one in public life has been more intellectually engaged in helping to create the climate for a thriving Internet than the Vice President."

~ peer linked wikipedia article.

Emphasis on actual words, with an obligatory side dish of context.

For reference the quote is “ During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.”

Quoting from an earlier comment in this discussion:

There's always some nincompoop who brings that up. Al Gore deserves credit for what he did as a senator and vice president. He helped to pass legislation that enabled the NSFNET backbone to grow and to permit commercial traffic to flow on the government-sponsored backbones in the US. Had he not done that, it's pretty likely that the commercial sector would not have seen an opportunity to create a commercial internet that all of us can enjoy, so he does deserve some credit for what he's done.

— Vint Cerf, Tracking the Internet into the 21st Century <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf0rjtnwC9A>

He did not say that. What he did say was true.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore_and_information_techno...