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So often, our Armed Forces and the Department of Defense staff are how the rest of the world encounters America. And you all know as well as anyone that our country is safer and stronger when we lead not just with the example of our power, but with the power of our example. (Joe Biden)
We have to take care of the cure. That will make the problem worse, no matter what. No matter what. We know what has to be done. We know you have to - you're tired of hearing the phrase, you got to flatten that curve where it's going up like this, people getting it, and then it comes down. View quote
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This guy can change the face of what we're dealing with, with regard to guns, assault weapons, with regard to dealing with climate change. And I'm just warning Amy: If I win, I'm coming for him. View quote
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We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created ... by the - you know - you know, the thing. View quote
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Unless we do something about this, my children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle with tensions having built so high that it is going to explode at some point. View quote
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If you notice, I have more people supporting me in the black community that have announced for me, because they know me. View quote
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We need to break the cycle where marginalized communities are hit the hardest by disasters and have the fewest resources to recover from crises and prepare for the next one. View quote
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[W]hen we invest in strengthening workers and the middle class, the poor have a ladder up, and those at the top do just fine. That's how we can increase opportunity and decrease persistent inequity. View quote
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As we meet again today, in a moment when democracy is under assault around the world, let us unite again and renew our conviction that democracy is not only the defining feature of American histories, but the essential ingredient to Americas' futures. View quote
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That's what this is all about: responding to basic human desires that we share for dignity, for safety, and for security. And when those basics are absent in one place, that's when people make the desperate decision to seek them elsewhere. View quote
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We're making "Buy America" a reality, not just a slogan. (Joe Biden)
That's no malarkey, That's a fact. View quote
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Every day, Ukrainians pay with their lives, and they fight along - and the atrocities that the Russians are engaging in are just beyond the pale. And the cost of the fight is not cheap, but caving to aggression is even more costly. That's why we're staying in this. View quote
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Imagine what it's like to look at your child who needs insulin and have no idea how you're going to pay for it. What it does to your dignity, your ability to look your child in the eye, to be the parent you expect to be. View quote
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In every single crisis we have had that I have been around, going back to Jimmy Carter and the hostages all the way through to this moment, presidents' ratings have always gone up in a crisis, but that old expression, the proof is going to be in eating the pudding. What's it going to look like? View quote
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You know, the need for high-speed Internet is - is a little bit like what used to be probably what my grandfather talked about: needing to have a telephone. It's pretty consequential. And it's only going to keep growing, this need. High-speed Internet is not a luxury any longer, it's a necessity. View quote
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The regime's brutality and repression of the Syrian people, who have called for freedom and a representative government, not only endangers the Syrian people themselves, but also generates instability throughout the region. View quote
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Turn on the news and every conversation is a confrontation. Every disagreement is a crisis. But when you take a step back and look at what's happening, we're actually making real progress. Maybe it doesn't seem fast enough. View quote
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I also don't think we should get too far ahead ourselves on dealing with police reform in that, because they've already labeled us as being ‘defund the police' anything we put forward in terms of the organizational structure to change policing - which I promise you, will occur. View quote
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We need it badly from a purely – purely economic point of view .. constant, unrelenting stream of immigrants .. not dribbling, significant flows. View quote
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The Middle East is hopeful. There's hope there. (Joe Biden)
I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to be an ever more intrusive world. View quote
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This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power. View quote
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As a matter of fact, I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years. View quote
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Remember, no one decides who they're going to vote for based on the vice president. I mean that literally. View quote
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