Joe Biden

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.'

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

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.'

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

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

My rights are not derived from any government. My rights are not denied by any majority. My rights are because I exist.

I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. And quite frankly, I don't see much of a distinction beyond that.

Every Republican's voted for it. Look at what they value and look at their budget and what they're proposing. Romney wants to let the - he said in the first 100 days he's going to let the big banks once again write their own rules - unchain Wall Street. They're gonna put y'all back in chains.

Vice President Cheney has been the most dangerous vice president we've had probably in American history. The idea he doesn't realize that Article I of the Constitution defines the role of the vice president of the United States, that's the Executive Branch. He works in the Executive Branch. He should understand that. Everyone should understand that. And the primary role of the vice president of the United States of America is to support the president of the United States of America, give that president his or her best judgment when sought, and as vice president, to preside over the Senate, only in a time when in fact there's a tie vote. The Constitution is explicit. The only authority the vice president has from the legislative standpoint is the vote, only when there is a tie vote. He has no authority relative to the Congress.

My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up.

I kept trying to tell people that just because I was young didn't mean I could speak for all young people.

I wasn't built to look the other way because the law demanded it. The law might be wrong.

Don't tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value.