Quotes by Joe Biden

And I think Hillary Clinton is able to be elected president of the United States.
– Joe Biden
Arafat's departure has created an awesome opportunity.
– Joe Biden
Because our military power dwarfs that of other countries - we spend more on defense than the rest of the world combined - this Administration believes that alliances and international institutions are more of a burden than a benefit. They allow the Lilliputians to tie down Gulliver.
– Joe Biden
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.
– Joe Biden
Gonzales's nomination may very well do us more harm internationally because of his relationship with the terror memos and that is a different story.
– Joe Biden
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
I do not question the motives of either the neo-conservatives in this Administration who discount the value of alliances and the international institutions we've built or the pure multilateralists in my own Party who believe that we can only exercise power if we get the world's approval first.
– Joe Biden
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
It is my view that we cannot conduct foreign policy at the extremes.
– Joe Biden
Let's just be smart this time. I'm looking for smart.
– Joe Biden
Look, freedom is an overwhelming American notion. The idea that we want to see the world, the peoples of the world free is something that all of us subscribe to.
– Joe Biden
No matter how you cut it, this real debate on personal accounts is about the legitimacy of Social Security; it's not about the solvency of Social Security.
– Joe Biden
The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society.
– Joe Biden
The Middle East is hopeful. There's hope there.
– Joe Biden
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
You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.
– Joe Biden
Well, I thought the deal was, when you went to work for the government you weren't supposed to make money!
– Joe Biden
We're going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.
– Joe Biden
We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society.
– Joe Biden
This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.
– Joe Biden
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
There's a lot of revisionist history that goes on these days about Iraq.
– Joe Biden
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
Over the objections, where they sound like squealing pigs, over the objections of Romney and all his allies, we passed some of the toughest Wall Street regulations in history, turning Wall Street back into the allocator of capital it always has been and no longer a casino. And they want to repeal it.
– Joe Biden
Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.
– Joe Biden
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
My recollection is - and I'd have to confirm this - but I don't recall paying any money to go to law school.
– Joe Biden
My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'
– Joe Biden
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
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
I graduated from the University of Delaware with a double major in history and political science.
– Joe Biden
I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to be an ever more intrusive world.
– Joe Biden
For too long in this society, we have celebrated unrestrained individualism over common community.
– Joe Biden
America doesn't have health insurance.
– Joe Biden
A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.
– Joe Biden