Joe Biden Quotes Page 2

“I'm prepared as a matter of faith to accept that life begins at the moment of conception. But that is my judgment. For me to impose that judgment on everyone else who is equally and maybe even more devout than I am seems to me is inappropriate in a pluralistic society.”

“I've been really, really fortunate.”

“I’ve been suppressing my Irishness for a long time.”

“If I don't run for president, we'll all be OK.”

“If I hear one more Republican tell me about balancing the budget, I am going to strangle them.”

“If we wait for the danger to become clear, it could be too late.”

“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.”

“If you're in a confined aircraft; when one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft.”

“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.”

“In my neighborhood, when you've got something to say to a guy, you look him in the eye and you say it to him.”

“In the 21st century, the countries that thrive will be the ones where citizens know their voices will be heard because the institutions are transparent.”

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

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

“Income inequity has to be addressed.”

“Innovation can only occur where you can breathe free.”

“Israel has no better friend than Joe Biden.”

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

“Life is a matter of really tough choices.”

“Look, guys, no matter what a girl does, no matter how she's dressed, no matter how much she's had to drink, it's never, never, never, never, never OK to touch her without her consent. This doesn't make you a man. It makes you a coward.”

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

“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.”

“My mother believed and my father believed that if I wanted to be president of the United States, I could be, I could be Vice President!”

“No nation should stoke instability in its neighbor's country.”

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

“No one ever doubts that I mean what I say. The problem is I sometimes say all that I mean.”

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

“One of the things I've never been accused of is not caring about people.”

“One role of government is to go where venture capital won't.”

“Osama bin Laden is dead, and General Motors is alive.”

“Other than being crazy enough to press a button, there is nothing that Putin can do militarily to fundamentally alter American interests.”