Joe Biden Quotes

When we wrote the Constitution, the intention was to give the commander in chief the authority how to use the forces when you authorize him to be able to use the forces.

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.

Anyone who’s traveled with me to Afghanistan knows why I love this book: ‚War,‘ by Sebastian Junger.

No one doubts that innocent men, women and children have been the victims of chemical weapons attacks in Syria. And there’s no doubt who is responsible for this heinous use of chemical weapons in Syria: the Syrian regime.

Al Qaeda is almost all in Pakistan, and Pakistan has nuclear weapons. And yet for every dollar we’re spending in Pakistan, we’re spending $30 in Afghanistan. Does that make strategic sense?

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.

‚Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars.‘ Guess what? Yes, we do in one regard: We want to let that trillion dollar tax cut expire so the middle class doesn’t have to bear the burden of all that money going to the super-wealthy. That’s not a tax raise. That’s called fairness where I come from.

Except for the title ‚father,‘ there is no title, including ‚vice president,‘ that I am more proud to wear than that of United States senator.

It is no secret that I believe my son, Attorney General Beau Biden would make a great United States Senator – just as I believe he has been a great Attorney General. But Beau has made it clear from the moment he entered public life, that any office he sought, he would earn on his own.

In this world, emotion has become suspect – the accepted style is smooth, antiseptic and passionless.

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.

I graduated from the University of Delaware with a double major in history and political science.

My recollection is – and I’d have to confirm this – but I don’t recall paying any money to go to law school.

I have never left another senator out to dry. Never.

Well, I thought the deal was, when you went to work for the government you weren’t supposed to make money!

You’re president, if you conclude my judgment is not the right judgment, I abide by that, but I want an opportunity to have an input.

Nowhere is it written that there must be conflict between the United States and China.

The Qataris have cut off support for the most extreme elements of terrorist organizations.

I’ve been really, really fortunate.

We’re close friends – the American people, the Israeli people, our governments. There’s absolutely no daylight – none – between us and the Israelis on the question of Israel’s security.

A 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.

I have no doubt that Russia will and should remain a major source of energy supplies for Europe and the world.

We don’t want two-tier people in America. Those who are legal but not citizens, and citizens.

People should not be in a position where their children have access to weapons and ammunition.

Romania can be a linchpin in delivering gas to its neighbors and even become an energy exporter for its neighbors across Central and Eastern Europe.

I didn’t play soccer; I played that other football in grade school through college.

ISIS is not an existential threat to something happening to someone in the United States of America. It’s a serious problem overseas, but it’s confusing and frightening.

Most Americans think there’s already universal background checks. They don’t understand why there wouldn’t be a background check to purchase a weapon.

When you go to your local police officer, your police chief in the town you live in, big or small, he will tell you the vast majority of the weapons recovered at a crime scene are either stolen weapons, and/or they have been ‚lost‘ or stolen.

The United States, to state the obvious, is greatly concerned by the startling number of unaccompanied minors that – children and teenagers who are making a very perilous journey through Central America to reach the United States.

There is no inherent power in the office of the vice presidency. Zero. None. It’s all a reflection of your relationship with the president. I mean, Kennedy never let Johnson in the office.

I’ve known and continue to know every one of these major world leaders by their first names, and I have access to them.

Saudi Arabia has allowed training on its soil of American forces.

I have an expression I use as I’ve gone around the world through my career: ‚You never tell another man or woman what’s in their interest. They know their interest better than you know their interest.‘

I have a really close relationship with Mike Bloomberg.

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.

You are twice as likely to be struck by lightning as you around to be affected by a terrorist event in the United States.

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

I know why we’re strong. I know why we have held together; I know why we are united: it’s because there’s always been a growing middle class.

America’s experience, like many others, teaches us that fostering entrepreneurship is not just about crafting the right economic policy or developing the best educated curricula. It’s about creating an entire climate in which innovation and ideas flourish.

The American people are so much stronger, so much more resolved than any enemy can fully understand.

People everywhere in the world are hungry for economic opportunity. And it’s about a lot more than being able to make money.

You’ve all seen over the last eight years what President Obama means to this country. He is the embodiment of honor, resolve, and character – one of the finest presidents we have ever had.

No nation should threaten its neighbors by massing troops along the border.

No nation should stoke instability in its neighbor’s country.

Putin sought to keep Ukraine weak through corruption.

On the way back from Mumbai to go meet with President Xi in China, I stopped in Singapore to meet with a guy named Lee Kuan Yew, who most foreign policy experts around the world say is the wisest man in the Orient.

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

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

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

If you need more than 10 rounds to hunt, and some argue they hunt with that many rounds, you shouldn’t be hunting. If you can’t get the deer in 3 shots, you shouldn’t be hunting. You are an embarrassment.

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

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.

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

I know I’m not supposed to like muscle cars, but I like muscle cars.

In the good old days when I was a senator, I was my own man.

My 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.‘

I love that Cadillac ATS!

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.

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.