Joe Biden

“Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“America doesn't have health insurance.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“My recollection is - and I'd have to confirm this - but I don't recall paying any money to go to law school.”

“This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.”

“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.”

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

“The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society.”

“We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society.”

“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.”

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