Joe Biden Quotes

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

“Barack Obama is probably the most exciting candidate that either the Democratic or Republican party has produced at least since I've been around. He's fresh, he's new, he's insightful.”

“Candor generates trust. Trust is the basis on which real change, constructive change, is made.”

“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.”

“Corruption is just another form of tyranny.”

“Democracy doesn't happen by accident. We have to defend it, fight for it, strengthen it, renew it.”

“Don't hold against me that I don't own a single stock or bond. Don't hold it – I have no savings accounts.”

“Don't tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“Foreign policy is like human relations, only people know less about each other.”

“Guess what, the cheerleaders in college are the best athletes in college. You think, I'm joking, they're almost all gymnasts, the stuff they do on hard wood, it blows my mind.”

“I always wonder when it was that I was embraced.”

“I am a Zionist. You don't have to be a Jew to be a Zionist.”

“I 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.”

“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 can die a happy man never having been president of the United States of America. But it doesn't mean I won't run.”

“I consider myself to be as informed on American foreign policy as anyone in America.”

“I do not believe that we have a right to tell other people, women, that they can't control their bodies.”

“I don't say very much I don't really think through. I know that sounds inconsistent with Joe Biden.”

“I got tested for AIDS. I know Barack got tested for AIDS. There's no shame in being tested for AIDS. It's an important thing.”

“I know I'm not supposed to like muscle cars, but I like muscle cars.”

“I know what I believe, I know what I want to do, and I'm just comfortable saying it, and laying it out there.”

“I may be Irish, but I'm not stupid.”

“I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man.”

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

“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.”