The whole idea that a league that is made up of so many athletes of color, as well as so diverse, that there's not enough African American qualified coaches to manage these NFL teams ? It just seems to me that it's a standard that that they'd want to live up to, it's not a requirement of law, but it's a requirement I think of just some generic decency.

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If I hear one more Republican tell me about balancing the budget,... by Joe Biden

If I hear one more Republican tell me about balancing the budget, I am going to strangle them.

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I was first in my family to go to college. by Joe Biden

I was first in my family to go to college.

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I think the only reason Clarence Thomas is on the court is becaus... by Joe Biden

I think the only reason Clarence Thomas is on the court is because he is black

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

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The one place that David is equal to Goliath is in the Supreme Co... by Joe Biden

The one place that David is equal to Goliath is in the Supreme Court.

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I support immediate financial assistance to the newly elected Palestinian president. Now, I don't know what those numbers will be, and I don't know how it's going to be framed.

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There's less than one percent of the population of Iowa that is African American. There is probably less than four of five percent that are minorities. What is in Washington? So look, it goes back to what you start off with, what you're dealing with.

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Stand up, Chuck, let them see you. by Joe Biden

Stand up, Chuck, let them see you.

It should be heart-breaking to every American that we have a frontrunner in the presidential race that suggests there will be a religious test for anybody who wishes to come to our shores.

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People took the word "clean" out of context. My mother had an expression: "clean as a whistle, sharp as a tack." I inherited her originality.

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A man I'm proud to call my friend. A man who will be the next President of the United States — Barack America!

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This [Judge Samuel Alito] may be one of the most significant or consequential nominations that the Senate will vote on since I've been here in the last three decades.

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I once said, "You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent." When Bobby Jindal entered the Republican campaign, my comment should have been covered again, more prominently. I mean, Jindal is not Native American, he's a real Indian.

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You want to know whether we're better off? I've got a little bumper sticker for you: Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive. Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive! Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive!

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One of my roles as vice president is to - is to be an interlocutor with the Senate and the House because everybody up there knows I respect them and I enjoy it. And I have a lot of good friends on both sides of the aisle up there.

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To be an ally is a formal military alliance. And we have a formal military alliance in NATO. But we are partners with other countries all across the world. And they're - they will be a partner.

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His mom lived in Long Island for ten years or so. God rest her soul. And, although, she's... wait... your mom's still... your mom's still alive. Your dad passed. God bless her soul.

This is absolutely bizarre that we continue to subsidize highways beyond the gasoline tax, airlines, and we don't subsidize, we don't want to subsidize a national rail system that has environmental impact.

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No foreign policy can be sustained in the United States of America without the informed consent of the American people. And informed means just that, successes and failure, a realistic assessment of where we are and what the president plans to do about it.

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Make sure of two things. Be careful - microphones are always hot, and understand that in Washington, D.C., a gaffe is when you tell the truth. So, be careful.

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