01c. 1942 ADEvery Republican's voted for it. Look at what they value and look at their budget and what they're proposing. Romney wants to let the - he said in the first 100 days he's going to let the big banks once again write their own rules - unchain Wall Street. They're gonna put y'all back in chains.Joe Biden / quote ↗
02c. 1942 ADI am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. And quite frankly, I don't see much of a distinction beyond that.Joe Biden / quote ↗
03c. 1942 ADMy rights are not derived from any government. My rights are not denied by any majority. My rights are because I exist.Joe Biden / quote ↗
04c. 1942 ADOur future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.Joe Biden / quote ↗
06c. 1942 ADMy father used to have an expression. He'd say, 'Joey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It's about your dignity. It's about respect. It's about your place in your community.'Joe Biden / quote ↗
07c. 1942 ADFailure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.Joe Biden / quote ↗
08c. 1942 ADMy 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.'Joe Biden / quote ↗
09c. 1942 ADFighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism.Joe Biden / quote ↗
10c. 1942 ADGiven 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 / quote ↗
11c. 1942 ADA diplomatic solution that puts significant and verifiable constraints on Iran's nuclear program represents the best and most sustainable chance to ensure that America, Israel, the entire Middle East will never be menaced by a nuclear-armed Iran.Joe Biden / quote ↗
12c. 1942 ADLook 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 / quote ↗
13c. 1942 ADWe're going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.Joe Biden / quote ↗
14c. 1942 ADCorruption 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 / quote ↗
15c. 1942 ADI used to stutter really badly. Everybody thinks it's funny. And it's not funny. It's not.Joe Biden / quote ↗
16c. 1942 ADYou've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.Joe Biden / quote ↗
17c. 1942 ADWhen my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn't be playing football.Joe Biden / quote ↗
18c. 1942 ADNo 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.Joe Biden / quote ↗
20c. 1942 ADThe 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 / quote ↗
21c. 1942 ADThis 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 / quote ↗
22c. 1942 ADFor too long in this society, we have celebrated unrestrained individualism over common community.Joe Biden / quote ↗
24c. 1942 ADWe don't want two-tier people in America. Those who are legal but not citizens, and citizens.Joe Biden / quote ↗
