Quotes By Joe Biden

Presumptuous for me to say, but at least - at a minimum - I've been able to influence the direction of the Democratic Party on foreign policy. And I've been relatively - presumptuous to say - relatively successful legislatively in the Senate, being able to win a lot of Republican friends, and being able to cross the aisle.

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.

A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.

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

The Middle East is hopeful. There's hope there.

There's a lot of revisionist history that goes on these days about Iraq.

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

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.

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.

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.

Folks, you're the reason that the automobile industry is back. Whether it was the wage freezes, the plant closures, folks, you sacrificed to keep your companies open. Because of your productivity, the combined auto companies have committed to invest another $23 billion in expansion in America.

Let's just be smart this time. I'm looking for smart.

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

In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking.

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.

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

You know we're going to control the insurance companies.

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.

I exaggerate when I'm angry, but I've never gone around telling people things that aren't true about me.

Well, I was 29 years old when I came to the United States Senate, and I have learned a lot.

Just talk to me as a father - not what the Constitution says. What do you feel?

I always wonder when it was that I was embraced.

It's presumptuous to say you know how somebody feels.

We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society.

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.

You're looking at a middle-class guy. I am who I am.

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.

I was not an activist.

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.

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.