People can start to finally crawl out from under that mountain of debt to get on top of their rent and their utilities, to finally think about buying a home or starting a family or starting a business.

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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.

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There's one advantage in having been around as long as I have. Everybody in the Senate knows me, and - I'm going to say something presumptuous, to repeat myself - I think most respect me.

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But I was amazed at how organized the Palestinian election authority was, how competent they were in setting up their polling places and the poll workers they had.

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When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened.'

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The most powerful military in the world cannot invade, kill or capture a network or destroy every loose weapon on the planet. The best response to this network of terror is to build a network of our own -- a network of like-minded countries and organizations that pools resources, information, ideas, and power. Taking on the radical fundamentalists alone isn't necessary, it isn't smart, and it won't succeed.

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I never had an interest in being a mayor ’cause that’s a real job. You have to produce. That’s why I was able to be a senator for 36 years.

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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 you all back in chains.

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Social Security's not the hard one to solve. Medicare, that is the gorilla in the room, and you've got to put all of it on the table.

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The Iraqis have become invested in their nationhood. by Joe Biden

The Iraqis have become invested in their nationhood.

The Middle East is hopeful. There's hope there. by Joe Biden

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

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Well, I was 29 years old when I came to the United States Senate,... by Joe Biden

Well, I was 29 years old when I came to the United States Senate, and I have learned a lot.

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You're president, if you conclude my judgment is not the right judgment, I abide by that, but I want an opportunity to have an input.

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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?

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Barack Obama is probably the most exciting candidate that either the Democratic or Republican party has produced at least since I've been around. He's fresh, he's new, he's insightful.

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It's presumptuous to say you know how somebody feels. by Joe Biden

It's presumptuous to say you know how somebody feels.

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Everyone plagiarizes me. Ever since I wrote my autobiography. by Joe Biden

Everyone plagiarizes me. Ever since I wrote my autobiography.

I always judge people who spend a lot of time in public office say they care about things, if the day after they leave, they no longer talk about them, then I don't think they cared much about them.

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And Bobby [Jindal] and I are both Catholics. by Joe Biden

And Bobby [Jindal] and I are both Catholics.

My great grandfather, Raj, was from Punjab, India. My grandmother... by Joe Biden

My great grandfather, Raj, was from Punjab, India. My grandmother graduated Rajasthan University.

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This Administration [of Barack Obama] favors a pluralistic world and respects cultural differences, so it's wrong for the West and American elitists to judge how women are treated under Sharia. I'm going too long on all this, but I choke up on the President's legacy of reaching out to the Muslim world. It's an emotional thing.

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