JOE BIDEN QUOTES
American politician (1942- )
The American story depends not on any one of us, not on some of us, but on all of us.
JOE BIDEN
Inaugural Address, January 20, 2021
Here we stand, just days after a riotous mob thought they could use violence to silence the will of the people, to stop the work of our democracy, to drive us from this sacred ground. It did not happen. It will never happen. Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever.
JOE BIDEN
Inaugural Address, January 20, 2021
Folks, winning means uniting America, not sowing seeds of division and anger and hate. We got to beat Donald Trump, and we will, but we can't become like him.
JOE BIDEN
speech on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Folks, we just have to remember who we are. My Lord, this is the United States of America, and it's time for America to get back up, and once again, fight for the proposition that we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal, and that by the creator with certain inalienable rights. We say it so often in school, we don't realize how profound it is. Weve never lived up to those words, but up to this President [Trump], we've never walked away from it.
JOE BIDEN
speech on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020
All our differences hardly measure up to the values we all hold in common.
JOE BIDEN
Promises to Keep
We have never, ever, ever, ever failed in America when we've acted together.
JOE BIDEN
Inaugural Address, January 20, 2021
If you do politics the right way, I believe, you can actually make people's lives better. And integrity is the minimum ante to get into the game.
JOE BIDEN
Promises to Keep
The coronavirus doesn't care if you're a Democrat or Republican. It will not discriminate based on national origin, race, gender, or your zip code. It will touch people in positions of power, as well as the most vulnerable people in our society. We're all in this together. This is a moment for each of us to see and believe the best in every one of us. To look out for our neighbor, to understand the fear and stress that so many are feeling. To care for the elderly, the elderly couple down the street. To thank the healthcare worker, the doctors, the nurses, the pharmacists, the grocery store cashier, and the people restocking the shelves. To believe in one another. Because I assure you when we do that, when we see the best in each of us, we lift this nation up and we'll get through this together. That's how we've always done it.
JOE BIDEN
speech following Democratic primaries in Florida, Illinois, and Arizona, March 17, 2020
I believe all Americans are born with certain inalienable rights. As a child of God, I believe my rights are not derived from the constitution. My rights are not derived from any government. My rights are not denied by any majority. My rights are because I exist. They were given to me and each of my fellow citizens by our creator, and they represent the essence of human dignity.
JOE BIDEN
Promises to Keep
History, faith, and reason show the way--the way of unity. We can see each other, not as adversaries, but as neighbors. We can treat each other with dignity and respect. We can join forces, stop the shouting, and lower the temperature. For without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury.
JOE BIDEN
Inaugural Address, January 20, 2021
We all know--or at least we are told continually--that we are a divided people. And we know there's a degree of truth in it. We have too often allowed our differences to prevail among us. We have too often allowed ambitious men to play off those differences for political gain. We have too often retreated behind our differences when no one really tried to lead us beyond them. But all our differences hardly measure up to the values we all hold in common.
JOE BIDEN
Promises to Keep
When we've stood as one, this nation has never ever been defeated, when we've been together, and we're not going to be defeated now. The pandemic of 1918, the Great Depression, two world wars, we overcame them all. And out of each crisis, we emerged stronger and we will again.
JOE BIDEN
speech on Coronavirus, March 23, 2020
My mother's creed is the American creed: No one is better than you. You are everyone's equal, and everyone is equal to you.
JOE BIDEN
acceptance speech, Aug. 27, 2008
We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society, for nothing suffocates the promise of America more than unbounded cynicism and indifference.
JOE BIDEN
speech in Wilmington, Delaware, June 10, 1987
Rudy Giuliani -- there's only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun, a verb, and 9/11.
JOE BIDEN
MSNBC Democratic Debate, Oct. 30, 2007
Trump has fanned the flames of hate and sought to divide us. He's insulted, demonized, and actually just the way he talks about people. He has not a single ounce of empathy. He doesn't have any compassion, no regard for the values that made this country who we are, not the way you were raised by your moms and dads. He looks at honesty and decency and respect and he views it as a sign of weakness. He doesn't believe that we're the beacon to the world. He doesn't believe we're all part of something bigger than ourselves. That's why I've said from the moment I announced for this candidacy, we are literally in a battle for the soul of America.
JOE BIDEN
speech on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020
We need an economy that rewards work, not just wealth.
JOE BIDEN
speech on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020
The fabric of our complex society is woven too tightly to permit any part of it to be damaged without damaging the whole.
JOE BIDEN
Promises to Keep
In Washington, D. C., a gaffe is when you tell the truth.
JOE BIDEN
speech to national conference of the National Association of Black Journalists in Washington, D.C., June 20, 2012
For the world to follow, we must do more than rattle our sabers and demand allegienace to our vision simply because we believe we are right. We must provide a reason for others to aspire to that vision. And that reason must come with more than the repetition of a bumper-sticker phrase about freedom and democracy. It must come with more than the restatement of failed policy. It must come with the wisdom to admit when we are wrong and resolve to change course and get it right.
JOE BIDEN
Promises to Keep