Top 444 Quotes & Sayings by Joe Biden

Corruption is just another form of tyranny.

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.

Putin sought to destabilize Ukraine's economy.

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

The Chinese have figured out that they have a giant environmental problem. Folks in Beijing, some days, literally can't breathe. Over a million Chinese die prematurely every year because of air pollution.

The greatest gift is the ability to forget - to forget the bad things and focus on the good.

My dad used to have an expression - 'It is the lucky person who gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they are about to do, and thinks it still matters.'

I have no doubt that Russia will and should remain a major source of energy supplies for Europe and the world.

I love that Cadillac ATS!

Let me tell you what I literally told every world leader I've met with, and I've met them all: It's never, never, never been a good bet to bet against America. We have the finest fighting force in the world.

Let's just be smart this time. I'm looking for smart.

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.'

Reality has a way of intruding. Reality eventually intrudes on everything.

You want to know whether we're better off? I've got a little bumper sticker for you: Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive. Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive! Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive!

Unions did in fact build the middle class. And here's what that did. That built the United States of America as we know it.

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.

We're going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.

In my heart, I'm confident I could make a good president.

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.

When my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn't be playing football.

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

I exaggerate when I'm angry, but I've never gone around telling people things that aren't true about me.

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

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.

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

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

You get a lawyer whether you're in a military tribunal or whether you're in a federal court, number one. The attorney general decided that the court with the biggest - with the greatest venue, with the best jurisdiction was the New York court. That was the right decision to make.

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

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

I used to say to my late wife, 'I have great faith in the American people.'

No fundamental social change occurs merely because government acts. It's because civil society, the conscience of a country, begins to rise up and demand - demand - demand change.

The effects of climate change are real and must be acted on.

We didn't crumble after 9/11. We didn't falter after the Boston Marathon. But we're America. Americans will never, ever stand down. We endure. We overcome. We own the finish line.

America doesn't have health insurance.

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

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

When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened.'

Quite frankly, Russian aggression in Ukraine and its illegal occupation of Crimea remind us that we still have a good deal more work to do to guarantee the strategic vision of a Europe whole, free and at peace.

Two million felons have tried to buy a gun and, because of the background check, have been denied.

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.

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

Given a fair shot, given a fair chance, Americans have never, ever, ever, ever let their country down. Never. Never. Ordinary people like us. Who do extraordinary things.

I've been waiting over 40 years to come to Cyprus, and it has not disappointed - the birthplace of Aphrodite, the Crossroads of Civilization, and, I might add, a genuine strategic partner to the United States of America.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

For any young democracy, the most difficult but important step is burying the legacy of tyranny and establishing an economy and a government and institutions that abide by the rule of law. Every country faces challenges to the rule of law, including my own.

Global energy security is a vital part of America's national security.

We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society.

Innovation can only occur where you can breathe free.

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

America's commitment to collective defense under Article 5 of NATO is a sacred obligation in our view - a sacred obligation not just for now, but for all time.

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

Life is a matter of really tough choices.

The 21st century is going to be the American century. Because we lead not only by the example of our power, but by the power of our example. That is the history of the journey of America.

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.

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