Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden Jr.is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, having been jointly elected twice with President Barack Obama. A member of the Democratic Party, Biden represented Delaware as a United States Senator from 1973 until becoming Vice President in 2009...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionVice President
Date of Birth20 November 1942
CountryUnited States of America
fighting balance interest
If you go back and look at the history of Supreme Court fights from the very beginning there is a corresponding interest, and and the intent of the interest of the Senate with, as it relates to the probability that the next appointee would alter the balance in the court.
etc saudis
The Turks ... the Saudis, the Emiratis, etc. What were they doing?
mean people trying
I kept trying to tell people that just because I was young didn't mean I could speak for all young people.
wall children men
America is the promised land, because each generation bequeathed to its children a promise, a promise that they might not come to enjoy but which they fully expected their offspring to fulfill. So the words 'all men are created equal' took a life of its own, ultimately destined to end slavery and enfranchise women. And the words 'equal protection' and 'due process' inevitably led to the end of the words 'separate but equal,' ensuring that the walls of segregation would crumble, whether at the lunch counter or at the voting booth.
differences common values
But all our differences hardly measure up to the values we all hold in common...
important shame aids
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.
apology nouns verbs
I should start with an apology to Rudy Giuliani. I said every sentence Rudy utters has a noun, a verb, and 9/11 in it. I was wrong. He called me to tell me after Pat Robertson's endorsement, there's an Amen in every sentence he says too.
choices matter tough
Life is a matter of really tough choices.
biden want dollars
Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars. Guess what? Yes we do.
wall lying president
Should we have border security there? Yes. But the idea of the United States erecting a wall for the world to see makes a lie of everything we say about ourselves. It's a little bit like why the President [Barack Obama] and I feel so strongly about closing Guantanamo. It is inconsistent with who we are.
chance absolute-certainty stills
If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong.
might clinton picks
Hilary Clinton might have been a better pick than me.
jobs class numbers
The number one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S.
guilty innocent bill-of-rights
We have a Bill of Rights, we have trial by jury. We have a notion that you are - you're innocent until you're proven guilty. We have all these things.