Quotes from Joe Biden

In my neighborhood, when you've got something to say to a guy, you look him in the eye and you say it to him.

It's overwhelmingly in the self-interest of the United States of America to have a secure, democratic friend, a strategic partner like Israel.

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

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

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.'

The Recovery Act is working, but it's going to continue to work. It's not over. A lot's going to happen this summer. And even after the summer, there's more to come with the act.

People everywhere in the world are hungry for economic opportunity. And it's about a lot more than being able to make money.

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 was not an activist.

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.

Except for the title 'father,' there is no title, including 'vice president,' that I am more proud to wear than that of United States senator.

My Dad sold automobiles as a general manager of a General Motors automobile dealership. He was a job creator. Everyone of those cars he sold he created a job for somebody on the assembly line.