Joe Biden Quotes
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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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We didn't crumble after 9/11. We didn't falter after the Boston Marathon. But we're America. Americans will never, ever stand down. We endure. We overcome. We own the finish line.
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Income inequity has to be addressed.
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The American public's a lot more sophisticated than we all give them credit for. And on complicated issues, I'm going to give them straight answers. And if it takes more than three minutes, I'm going to do it.
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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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I consider myself to be as informed on American foreign policy as anyone in America.
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Folks, you're the reason that the automobile industry is back. Whether it was the wage freezes, the plant closures, folks, you sacrificed to keep your companies open. Because of your productivity, the combined auto companies have committed to invest another $23 billion in expansion in America.
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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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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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El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras have all agreed to send additional consular officers from Guatemala, from Honduras, from El Salvador, send them to the U.S. border so that we can more quickly and humanely identify unaccompanied children and process their individual removal.
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Prime Minister Netanyahu has, as Minister Livni knows, has been my friend for over 30 years. We drive each other crazy. But he has truly been a personal friend for well over 30 years. He acknowledged this.
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You're looking at a middle-class guy. I am who I am.
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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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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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This is absolutely bizarre that we continue to subsidize highways beyond the gasoline tax, airlines, and we don't subsidize, we don't want to subsidize a national rail system that has environmental impact.
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The United States supports a strong, united Ukraine with productive and peaceful relationships with both the East and the West, with both Russia and Europe.
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I know I'm not supposed to like muscle cars, but I like muscle cars.
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The effects of climate change are real and must be acted on.
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The Iraqis have become invested in their nationhood.
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In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking.
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I used to say to my late wife, 'I have great faith in the American people.'
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But I was amazed at how organized the Palestinian election authority was, how competent they were in setting up their polling places and the poll workers they had.
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You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.