Top 100 Quotes About Biden
#1. No one ever doubts that I mean what I say. The problem is I sometimes say all that I mean.
Joe Biden
#2. She [Justice Sandra Day O'Connor], unlike, Judge Bork, did not think that being on the court would be an "intellectual feast," to quote Judge [Robert Heron] Bork.
Joe Biden
#3. There is no question that I would be the better president. But as for the campaign, are Americans ready for a general election in which both major party candidates are ADD? Quite frankly, it could provide an opening for a third party candidate, maybe someone backed by the evil Koch brothers.
Joe Biden
#4. Here at home, when Americans were standing in long lines to give blood after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, we squandered an obvious opportunity to make service a noble cause again, and rekindle an American spirit of community.
Joe Biden
#5. Let's just be smart this time. I'm looking for smart.
Joe Biden
#6. When my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn't be playing football.
Joe Biden
#7. Don't be intimidated by power, wealth or station, character alone makes all the difference.
Joe Biden
#8. In Romania, American forces have found a devoted NATO ally.
Joe Biden
#9. There's no reason the nation of Africa cannot and should not join the ranks of the world's most prosperous nations in the near term, in the decades ahead. There is simply no reason.
Joe Biden
#10. I have no doubt that Russia will and should remain a major source of energy supplies for Europe and the world.
Joe Biden
#11. Sarah Palin has managed to use her failed vice presidential run to put herself in a position of power and influence. Joe Biden won the race and he hasn't been able to put himself in a position of power and influence.
Craig Ferguson
#12. Think about the decade after Iraq, not just the day after.
Joe Biden
#13. Two million felons have tried to buy a gun and, because of the background check, have been denied.
Joe Biden
#14. We are Boston. We are America. We respond. We endure. We overcome. And we own the finish line.
Joe Biden
#15. Look folks, we know who built this country and we know who is going to rebuild it. It's you. Instead of vilifying you, we should be thanking you. We owe you.
Joe Biden
#16. The next person that tells me I'm not religious, I'm going to shove my rosary beads up their ass.
Joe Biden
#17. 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.
Joe Biden
#18. Unions did in fact build the middle class. And here's what that did. That built the United States of America as we know it.
Joe Biden
#19. I worked at an all-black swimming pool in the east side of Wilmington, I was involved in what the Negroes, I mean, blacks were thinking, what they were feeling.
Joe Biden
#20. 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.
Joe Biden
#21. I acknowledge these are very tough jobs a judge has in determining whether or not there is an openness that is required under the Constitution.
Joe Biden
#22. With two years till the nomination, both [Joe] Biden and [Hillary] Clinton are positioning themselves to be the Democratic nominee. And are they stressing their experience, their ideas, their excellent hair? No. They've been talking about their poverty.
Peter Sagal
#23. Now, people when I say that look at me and say, 'What are you talking about, Joe? You're telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?'. The answer is yes, that's what I'm telling you.
Joe Biden
#24. And don't any of you, by the way, any of you guys vote Republican. I'm not supposed to say, this isn't political. ... don't come to me if you do! You're on your own, Jack!
Joe Biden
#25. Let me tell you what I literally told every world leader I've met with, and I've met them all: It's never, never, never been a good bet to bet against America. We have the finest fighting force in the world.
Joe Biden
#26. Other than being crazy enough to press a button, there is nothing that Putin can do militarily to fundamentally alter American interests.
Joe Biden
#27. I can't wait to see the debate between Ryan and Joe Biden. Biden is said to be already trying out different strategies. So far the one that Obama likes is where Biden pretends to have food poisoning and they cancel the debate.
Craig Ferguson
#28. This week Biden said that he will decide on a potential 2016 presidential campaign by the spring or the summer. Then he said, 'Whichever comes first.'
Jimmy Fallon
#29. Joe Biden was first elected to the Senate in 1972 at age 30. Somewhere around 1992, he should have had to go out and get a real job.
Howie Carr
#30. The president has a big stick.
Joe Biden
#31. Joe Biden is that special combination of someone who is very talented and influential, but when he starts speaking, there's inevitably going to be headlines written about something he said.
Armando Iannucci
#32. The Chinese have figured out that they have a giant environmental problem. Folks in Beijing, some days, literally can't breathe. Over a million Chinese die prematurely every year because of air pollution.
Joe Biden
#33. Anybody who pretends that how you read the 10th and 11th Amendment doesn't have a fundamental impact on the things we care about is kidding themselves. They're either uninformed or they're kidding themselves.
Joe Biden
#34. There's one advantage in having been around as long as I have. Everybody in the Senate knows me, and - I'm going to say something presumptuous, to repeat myself - I think most respect me.
Joe Biden
#35. Just talk to me as a father - not what the Constitution says. What do you feel?
Joe Biden
#36. No music can fill the gaping void ... at least in my experience only faith. Only faith.
Beau Biden
#37. Based on my own experiences, I made sure, and I'm proud of this, that the Common Core curriculum is hard on plagiarizers.
Joe Biden
#38. I am confident that when the facts and policies have been examined, when the record of performances have been reviewed, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will once again be elected to lead our beloved country to a better future.
Jimmy Carter
#39. The truth is I don't regret it. It was the right decision [not run for president] for my family, and the right decision for me.
Joe Biden
#40. We take care of those who are grieving, and when that's finished, they should know: We will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice. Because hell is where they will reside. Hell is where they will reside,
Joe Biden
#41. Mitt Romney is predicting that as president, he will create 12 million jobs in his first term. Well, President Obama says a Romney presidency would result in lost jobs. Yeah, his and Biden's.
Jay Leno
#42. 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.
Joe Biden
#43. Folks, I can tell you I've known eight presidents, three of them intimately.
Joe Biden, Aug. 22, 2012
Joe Biden
#44. Vote for war allowed war only after all else failed.
Joe Biden
#45. 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.
Joe Biden
#46. This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.
Joe Biden
#48. There's no political point worth my son's life.
Joe Biden
#49. It's presumptuous to say you know how somebody feels.
Joe Biden
#50. Barack Obama's mother-in-law might be moving into the White House with him. Joe Biden was right. Hostile forces will test him in the first few months.
Jay Leno
#52. What I was saying is that Israel cannot count on the United States.
Joe Biden
#53. Suppose something would happen to the president, who would be in charge? The Vice President. Joe Biden? You have got to be kidding today when you say the Taliban's not our enemy.
Douglas Wilder
#54. The 21st century is going to be the American century. Because we lead not only by the example of our power, but by the power of our example. That is the history of the journey of America.
Joe Biden
#55. It is my view that we cannot conduct foreign policy at the extremes.
Joe Biden
#56. I don't think any man or woman should run for president unless, number one, they know exactly why they would want to be president, and two, they can look at folks out there and say, 'I promise you have my whole heart, my whole soul, my energy, and my passion.
Joe Biden
#57. We see ... a future where no one-no one-is forced to live in the shadows of intolerance.
Joe Biden
#58. Joe Biden once again denied stories that he will be replaced on the ticket in 2012. He says he will continue to embarrass President Obama for another four years.
Jay Leno
#59. I think that Joe Biden is qualified in many respects. But I do point out that he's been wrong on many foreign policy and national security issues, which is supposed to be his strength.
John McCain
#60. 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.
Joe Biden
#61. Well, I was 29 years old when I came to the United States Senate, and I have learned a lot.
Joe Biden
#62. I'm not big on flak jackets and tie-dyed shirts. You know, that's not me.
Joe Biden
#63. I was kind of secretly hoping one of my kids would go out and make a million bucks. So when they put me in a home, at least I'll have a window with a view.
Joe Biden
#64. The more people learn about them (Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton) and how they handle the pressure, the more their support will evaporate.
Joe Biden
#65. When violence against women is no longer societally accepted, no longer kept secret; when everyone understands that even one case is too many. That's when it will change.
Joe Biden
#66. Vice President Biden is the real deal. He'll give it to you straight. He communicates in a way that I think connects with people at a real level.
Michael Nutter
#67. Look, John's last-minute economic plan does nothing to tackle the number-one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S, jobs.
Joe Biden
#68. Given a fair shot, given a fair chance, Americans have never, ever, ever, ever let their country down. Never. Never. Ordinary people like us. Who do extraordinary things.
Joe Biden
#69. Mark my words. It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy,
Joe Biden
#70. I have a really close relationship with Mike Bloomberg.
Joe Biden
#71. If you do politics the right way, I believe, you can actually make people's lives better. And integrity is the minimum ante to get into the game.
Joe Biden
#72. Since when do corporations not have responsibility to the community? Since when to the not have responsibility to their employees?
Joe Biden
#73. I'm prepared as a matter of faith to accept that life begins at the moment of conception. But that is my judgment. For me to impose that judgment on everyone else who is equally and maybe even more devout than I am seems to me is inappropriate in a pluralistic society.
Joe Biden
#74. Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be vice president of the United States of America. Quite frankly, it might have been a better pick than me.
Joe Biden, speaking at a town hall meeting in Nashua, New Hampshire, Sept. 10, 2008
Joe Biden
#75. Not that I've always agreed with what she said - far from it - but Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has been properly lauded, in my view, as a judge who approached her duties with open-mindedness and with a sensitivity that affects her decisions would have on everyday, ordinary people.
Joe Biden
#76. 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.
Joe Biden
#77. You know we're going to control the insurance companies.
Joe Biden
#78. As a community college professor for over twenty years, I've seen the determination, resilience and dedication of countless students. Regardless of circumstances, they show up. They work hard. They believe anything is possible.
Jill Biden
#79. I support immediate financial assistance to the newly elected Palestinian president. Now, I don't know what those numbers will be, and I don't know how it's going to be framed.
Joe Biden
#80. Don't listen to the cynics. They were wrong about my generation and they were wrong about yours.
Joe Biden
#81. Everyone plagiarizes me. Ever since I wrote my autobiography.
Joe Biden
#82. All you need is a double barrel
Joe Biden
#83. Actually, Joe Biden looked pretty good. In fact, Joe's popularity has gone from 1% to 2% last week to 3% today. At this rate, he could win the nomination by the year 2032.
Jay Leno
#84. Afterward Joe Biden greeted me outside the green room, falling on bent knee to kiss my hand. (Who says chivalry is dead!)
Hillary Rodham Clinton
#85. We have to make sure that not only we [politicians] actually focus on, but the entire nation knows we're focusing on, growth and competition within the United States of America and compete internationally. I don't know anywhere where it's written that we have to be number two.
Joe Biden
#86. There's only one person in this race who will be there, who's always been there for you, and that's Hillary Clinton's life story.
Joe Biden
#87. People should not be in a position where their children have access to weapons and ammunition.
Joe Biden
#88. The average voter out there understands that the next president is going to have to be prepared to immediately step in without hesitation and end our involvement in Iraq. It's very difficult to figure out how to move on to broader foreign policy concerns without fixing Iraq first.
Joe Biden
#89. It's why we oppose Citizens United from that right-wing Supreme Court. In 2012, I also said the Tea Party "acted like terrorists" and called a donut shop manager in Milwaukee who wanted lower taxes a "smartass." And I said the number one issue is a three-letter word, J-O-B-S." I'm proud of who I am.
Joe Biden
#90. No nation should stoke instability in its neighbor's country.
Joe Biden
#91. We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society, for nothing suffocates the promise of America more than unbounded cynicism and indifference.
Joe Biden
#92. It is galling to see such mendacious hypocrites as Kennedy and Biden at the Senate Judiciary Committee sitting in judgment on distinguished jurists.
Conrad Black
#93. We have first lady Michelle Obama on the show tonight. As you'd expect, security's been pretty tight. On my way in I got five pat-downs, and that was just from Joe Biden.
Jimmy Fallon
#94. Partitioning Iraq is inevitable, as shown by history.
Joe Biden
#95. I guess every single word I've ever said is going to be dissected now.
Joe Biden
#96. As a matter of fact, I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years.
Joe Biden
#97. Life is a matter of really tough choices.
Joe Biden
#98. War should always be the absolute last resort.
Joe Biden
#99. It's a simple proposition to us: Everyone is entitled to adequate medical health care. If you call that a 'redistribution of income'
well, so be it. I don't call it that. I call it just being fair
giving the middle class taxpayers an even break that the wealthy have been getting.
Joe Biden
#100. Income inequity has to be addressed.
Joe Biden
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