Joe Biden Quotes
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The effects of climate change are real and must be acted on.
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But I respectfully suggest, Major, that the responsibility is slightly above your pay grade, to decide whether to take the nation to war alone, or to take the nation to war part way, or to take the Nation to work half-way. That is a real tough decision.
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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.
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The White House isn't the place to learn how to deal with international crisis, the balance of power, war and peace, and the economic future of the next generation.
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'Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars.' Guess what? Yes, we do in one regard: We want to let that trillion dollar tax cut expire so the middle class doesn't have to bear the burden of all that money going to the super-wealthy. That's not a tax raise. That's called fairness where I come from.
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These were al-Qaeda fighters, the first I'd ever seen up close, and they looked like badasses. As I passed on the outskirts of the grid, many of the prisoners stared directly at me. None of them cowered. I've been in a lot of prisons, but these guys showed a ferocity and a hatred unlike any I'd ever seen.
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There is a great deal of pressure, in the one particular area at least, to prostitute our ideas, if not our integrity.
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You're looking at a middle-class guy. I am who I am.
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I used to say to my late wife, 'I have great faith in the American people.'
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Don't hold against me that I don't own - that I don't own a single stock or bond. Don't hold it - I have no savings accounts.
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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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There's no political point worth my son's life.
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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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Income inequity has to be addressed.
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Well, I thought the deal was, when you went to work for the government you weren't supposed to make money!
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Let me tell you one or two things about Islam.
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The only thing I know is I ain't changing my brand. I know what I believe. I'm confident in what I know. And I'm gonna say it. And if folks like it, wonderful. If they don't like it, I understand.
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America's commitment to collective defense under Article 5 of NATO is a sacred obligation in our view - a sacred obligation not just for now, but for all time.
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As I pushed through to the podium, I could hear people murmuring under their breath: 'There he is... Goddam Biden.... Kill the sonofabitch.' And these were my voters- working-class Democrats.
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Other than being crazy enough to press a button, there is nothing that Putin can do militarily to fundamentally alter American interests.
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It is my view that we cannot conduct foreign policy at the extremes.
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You've all seen over the last eight years what President Obama means to this country. He is the embodiment of honor, resolve, and character - one of the finest presidents we have ever had.
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Corruption is a cancer: a cancer that eats away at a citizen's faith in democracy, diminishes the instinct for innovation and creativity; already-tight national budgets, crowding out important national investments. It wastes the talent of entire generations. It scares away investments and jobs.
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The American people are so much stronger, so much more resolved than any enemy can fully understand.