So I ask every elected official in America, how do you want to be remembered ? do you want to be on the side of Dr. King or George Wallace ? Do you want to be on the side of John Lewis or Bull Connor ? Do you want to be on the side of Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis ?

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Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget and I'll tell y... by Joe Biden

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

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A lucky person gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they're about to do and thinks it still matters.

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Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up i... by Joe Biden

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

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I do not believe that we have a right to tell other people, women, that they can't control their bodies.

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We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society, for nothing suffocates the promise of America more than unbounded cynicism and indifference.

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You know you're a success when you look at your kids and realize... by Joe Biden

You know you're a success when you look at your kids and realize they turned out better than you.

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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.

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You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a... by Joe Biden

You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.

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I believe the measure of a man isn't just the road he's traveled; it's the choices he's made along the way.

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There will come a day, I promise you, when the thought of your son, or daughter, or your wife or your husband, brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye. It will happen. My prayer for you is that day will come sooner than later.

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Almost every great innovation was [created] by government. by Joe Biden

Almost every great innovation was [created] by government.

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No Ordinary American Cares About Their Constitutional Rights by Joe Biden

No Ordinary American Cares About Their Constitutional Rights

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The greatest gift is the ability to forget - to forget the bad th... by Joe Biden

The greatest gift is the ability to forget - to forget the bad things and focus on the good.

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Stop talking about how you care about people. Show me something. Show me a policy. Show me a policy where you take responsibility.

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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.

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When violence against women is no longer societally accepted, no longer kept secret; when everyone understands that even one case is too many. That's when it will change.

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I believe health care is a basic right. If education - you're entitled to an education, why wouldn't you be entitled to adequate health care? Period.

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Banning guns is an idea whose time has come. by Joe Biden

Banning guns is an idea whose time has come.

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I did not grope the wife of Defense Secretary Ashton Carter or the daughter of Sen. Christopher Coons. I don't put drugs in drinks or give drinks to underage females. And all those photos about me inappropriately touching girls, they are blown-up.

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Transgender discrimination is the civil rights issue of our time by Joe Biden

Transgender discrimination is the civil rights issue of our time

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