Joe Biden Quotes
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Folks, I can tell you I've known eight presidents, three of them intimately.
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My recollection is - and I'd have to confirm this - but I don't recall paying any money to go to law school.
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When my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn't be playing football.
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In the 21st century, the countries that thrive will be the ones where citizens know their voices will be heard because the institutions are transparent.
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When seagull droppings landed on my head at a campaign event at Bowers Beach two days before Election Day, I chose to read it as a sign of a coming success.
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In this world, emotion has become suspect - the accepted style is smooth, antiseptic and passionless.
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No one doubts that innocent men, women and children have been the victims of chemical weapons attacks in Syria. And there's no doubt who is responsible for this heinous use of chemical weapons in Syria: the Syrian regime.
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A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.
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Let's just be smart this time. I'm looking for smart.
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I learned later that the surgeon who put Dole back together after he was so badly injured in World War II was an Armenian whose family had deep memories of the genocidal campaign the Turks had waged against them.
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I didn't play soccer; I played that other football in grade school through college.
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My memory is not as good as... Chief Justice Roberts.
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I, too, believe there are natural rights that predate any written political or legal documents; we have these rights merely because we're children of God.
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The Recovery Act is working, but it's going to continue to work. It's not over. A lot's going to happen this summer. And even after the summer, there's more to come with the act.
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Abe Foxman has been a friend and advisor of mine for a long time.
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Global energy security is a vital part of America's national security.
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A better man might have handled the situation with more grace than I did. A better man would have been able to separate his personal life from his career.
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This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.
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If you need more than 10 rounds to hunt, and some argue they hunt with that many rounds, you shouldn't be hunting. If you can't get the deer in 3 shots, you shouldn't be hunting. You are an embarrassment.
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A convicted felon who had strong family ties, a stake in the community, and an education might get probation, while a man who had few family ties, little stake in the community, and little education might draw a ten-year sentence for the same crime.
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Given Iraq's strategic location, its large oil reserves, and the suffering of the Iraqi people, we cannot afford to replace a despot with chaos. It would be a tragedy if we removed a tyrant in Iraq only to leave chaos in its wake.
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I've known and continue to know every one of these major world leaders by their first names, and I have access to them.
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Foreign policy is like human relations, only people know less about each other.
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You know, my Grandpop Finnegan used to have an expression: he used to say, 'Joey, the guy in Olyphant's out of work, it's an economic slowdown. When your brother-in-law's out of work, it's a recession. When you're out of work, it's a depression.'