Joe Biden Quotes

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Joe Biden

Profession : President

Birth : November 20, 1942

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

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.

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

You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.

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For too long in this society, we have celebrated unrestrained individualism over common community.

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No fundamental social change occurs merely because government acts. It's because civil society, the conscience of a country, begins to rise up and demand - demand - demand change.

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The moral disapprobation of society has an impact on behavior in societies.

Joe Biden

The greatest gift is the ability to forget - to forget the bad things and focus on the good.

Joe Biden

Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism.

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I used to stutter really badly. Everybody thinks it's funny. And it's not funny. It's not.

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America doesn't have health insurance.

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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

When my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn't be playing football.

Joe Biden

My dad used to have an expression - 'It is the lucky person who gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they are about to do, and thinks it still matters.'

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My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'

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The effects of climate change are real and must be acted on.

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We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Don't forget it.

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If I don't run for president, we'll all be OK.

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Folks, I can tell you I've known eight presidents, three of them intimately.

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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.

Joe Biden