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You know we're going to control the insurance companies. (Joe Biden)
It is no secret that I believe my son, Attorney General Beau Biden would make a great United States Senator - just as I believe he has been a great Attorney General. But Beau has made it clear from the moment he entered public life, that any office he sought, he would earn on his own. View quote
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A diplomatic solution that puts significant and verifiable constraints on Iran's nuclear program represents the best and most sustainable chance to ensure that America, Israel, the entire Middle East will never be menaced by a nuclear-armed Iran. View quote
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When we wrote the Constitution, the intention was to give the commander in chief the authority how to use the forces when you authorize him to be able to use the forces. View quote
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The American public's a lot more sophisticated than we all give them credit for. And on complicated issues, I'm going to give them straight answers. And if it takes more than three minutes, I'm going to do it. View quote
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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? View quote
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Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be Vice President of the United States of America. Let's get that straight. She's a truly close personal friend. She is qualified to be President of the United States of America. She's easily qualified to be Vice President of the United States of America. View quote
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People everywhere in the world are hungry for economic opportunity. And it's about a lot more than being able to make money. View quote
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I've known and continue to know every one of these major world leaders by their first names, and I have access to them. View quote
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It is my view that we cannot conduct foreign policy at the extremes. View quote
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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. (Joe Biden)
No nation should threaten its neighbors by massing troops along the border. View quote
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You are twice as likely to be struck by lightning as you around to be affected by a terrorist event in the United States. View quote
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Over the objections, where they sound like squealing pigs, over the objections of Romney and all his allies, we passed some of the toughest Wall Street regulations in history, turning Wall Street back into the allocator of capital it always has been and no longer a casino. And they want to repeal it. View quote
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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. View quote
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When you go to your local police officer, your police chief in the town you live in, big or small, he will tell you the vast majority of the weapons recovered at a crime scene are either stolen weapons, and/or they have been 'lost' or stolen. View quote
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I was not an activist. View quote
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ISIS is not an existential threat to something happening to someone in the United States of America. It's a serious problem overseas, but it's confusing and frightening. View quote
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There's no political point worth my son's life. View quote
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Arafat's departure has created an awesome opportunity. View quote
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We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Don't forget it. (Joe Biden)
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. View quote
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I used to stutter really badly. Everybody thinks it's funny. And it's not funny. It's not. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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