Joe Biden Quotes
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If I don't run for president, we'll all be OK.
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I consider myself to be as informed on American foreign policy as anyone in America.
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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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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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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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No matter how well intended our country is, we cannot expect other nations to trust us as much as we trust ourselves.
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Well, I was 29 years old when I came to the United States Senate, and I have learned a lot.
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I used to say to my late wife, 'I have great faith in the American people.'
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There used to be an old bad joke. I hope it's not so much a good joke anymore. 'Everybody's from Scranton; no one's in Scranton.'
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The effects of climate change are real and must be acted on.
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Two million felons have tried to buy a gun and, because of the background check, have been denied.
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Ties between our two countries are literally, literally unbreakable.
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Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't.
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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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Income inequity has to be addressed.
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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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You're looking at a middle-class guy. I am who I am.
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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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I have no doubt that Russia will and should remain a major source of energy supplies for Europe and the world.
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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.
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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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There's no political point worth my son's life.
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I guess every single word I've ever said is going to be dissected now.