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I was not an activist.

Joe Biden

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Joe Biden
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: November 20
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Think about the decade after Iraq, not just the day after.
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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.
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I was angry. I was kind of looking for a fight. I didn't want to talk to you guys in the press, because initially, understandably, all they wanted to talk to me about was, you know, what does it feel like?
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Make sure of two things. Be careful - microphones are always hot, and understand that in Washington, D.C., a gaffe is when you tell the truth. So, be careful.
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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.
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All you need is a double barrel
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In the middle of a recession, where we're just climbing out of it, where the economy -unemployment is still at 9.7 percent, the idea of raising taxes and reducing spending is a prescription for disaster.
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No foreign policy can be sustained in the United States of America without the informed consent of the American people. And informed means just that, successes and failure, a realistic assessment of where we are and what the president plans to do about it.
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Almost every great innovation was [created] by government.
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Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars. Guess what? Yes we do.
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I think we just have to remember who the heck we are and speak to who we are and what we believe.
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I've been saying for the last nine years, our power comes as much from - our respect in the world comes as much from the exercise of our power as it does from the power of our principles.
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Al Gore invented the Internet.
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During the 60's, I was, in fact, very concerned about the civil rights movement.
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I think after Sam Nunn left, I'm the last guy in the Senate who got a majority white male vote in their state.
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What I was saying is that Israel cannot count on the United States.
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My recollection is - and I'd have to confirm this - but I don't recall paying any money to go to law school.
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There's never been A day in the last four years I've been proud to be his Vice President. Not a single day.
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Al Qaeda is almost all in Pakistan, and Pakistan has nuclear weapons. And yet for every dollar we're spending in Pakistan, we're spending $30 in Afghanistan. Does that make strategic sense?
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For 70 years there's been a consensus among scholars and the American people on a reading to the Constitution that protects the right of privacy, the autonomy of individuals, while at the same time empowering the federal government to protect the less powerful.
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