Joe Biden Quotes
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Social Security's not the hard one to solve. Medicare, that is the gorilla in the room, and you've got to put all of it on the table.
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One of the things I've never been accused of is not caring about people.
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The United States, to state the obvious, is greatly concerned by the startling number of unaccompanied minors that - children and teenagers who are making a very perilous journey through Central America to reach the United States.
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People should not be in a position where their children have access to weapons and ammunition.
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It is an exciting and dangerous time, for this generation of Americans has the opportunity so rarely granted to others by fate and history. We literally have the chance to shape the future - to put our own stamp on the face and character of America, to bend history just a little bit.
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I'm running for president because I think that, with a lot of help, I can stem the tide of this slide and restore America’s leadership in the world and change our priorities. I will argue that my experience and my track record - both on the foreign and domestic side - put me in a position to be able to do that.
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We Americans think, in every country in transition, there's a Thomas Jefferson hiding behind some rock or a James Madison beyond one sand dune.
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You never make fun of anybody with a club foot or a withered arm, but it's open season on anybody who stutters.
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We're going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.
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We don't want two-tier people in America. Those who are legal but not citizens, and citizens.
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Most of all I was numb, but there were moments when the pain cut through like a shard of broken glass. I began to understand how despair led people to just cash it in; how suicide wasn't just an option but a rational option.
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Corruption is just another form of tyranny.
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America doesn't have health insurance.
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In the good old days when I was a senator, I was my own man.
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Quite frankly, Russian aggression in Ukraine and its illegal occupation of Crimea remind us that we still have a good deal more work to do to guarantee the strategic vision of a Europe whole, free and at peace.
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My father used to have an expression. He'd say, 'Joey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It's about your dignity. It's about respect. It's about your place in your community.'
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No nation should threaten its neighbors by massing troops along the border.
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It is my view that we cannot conduct foreign policy at the extremes.
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I would respectfully suggest to you that the Democrats out there understand I am the only person with a plan that can get out of Iraq without our interests in the region not falling apart.
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I have a really close relationship with Mike Bloomberg.
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If I don't run for president, we'll all be OK.
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It is no secret that I believe my son, Attorney General Beau Biden would make a great United States Senator - just as I believe he has been a great Attorney General. But Beau has made it clear from the moment he entered public life, that any office he sought, he would earn on his own.
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In my neighborhood, when you've got something to say to a guy, you look him in the eye and you say it to him.
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I knew I had to be sure-footed about the issues I was talking about. When you're twenty-nine years old, who the hell is going to think you're credible? It wasn't enough to have ideas; I had to know my facts. I had to demonstrate command from the minute I started running. I understood that was the test I had to pass.