There could be impact on our energy prices, so, we are taking active steps to alleviate the pressure on our own energy markets to offset raising prices.

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You know whether you have a real relationship with the president... by Joe Biden

You know whether you have a real relationship with the president when you know it's real.

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I've never been called a man of few words. by Joe Biden

I've never been called a man of few words.

I always kid the president in different circumstances. Mr. President, a country's never going to be more optimistic than the president.

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But people turn on their televisions. They turn on their televisions and they see what's happening in Iraq. The American people are not stupid. And the one thing they understand, they understand how incredibly mismanaged and bungled this war has been by the civilians in this administration. And - I mean, you can't paper over that, any more than you can paper over Katrina.

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I'm prepared as a matter of faith to accept that life begins at the moment of conception. But that is my judgment. For me to impose that judgment on everyone else who is equally and maybe even more devout than I am seems to me is inappropriate in a pluralistic society.

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It is unfortunate we were put in the position where the Republicans made it clear they were ready to let everything fall unless they got these tax cuts.

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We have to make sure that not only we [politicians] actually focus on, but the entire nation knows we're focusing on, growth and competition within the United States of America and compete internationally. I don't know anywhere where it's written that we have to be number two.

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The single biggest stimulus to the economy are the unemployment benefits we're paying. These people go out and they spend the money. They go out and they have to get by to everything from paying their mortgage or buying food or just getting by. It has a significant impact on economic growth and the continuation of economic growth.

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It is the most vicious of all crimes - to be abused by someone you had a relationship with! Because then you blame yourself.

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Grow up, Donald Trump. Grow up. Time to be an adult. You're president. You've got to do something. Show us what you have.

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I've been a strong supporter of public financing my whole career. I'm the first guy to introduce a public financing bill to the United States Senate in 1973.

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The worst thing we can do as a nation is taking the easy way out. If you start opening up offshore drilling, then you are buying time and you are not addressing the fundamental problem with fossil fuels.

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You can't go to insurance companies and say, you know what, we're not going to change anything having to do with the pool from which you - you draw your people. We're not going to do anything. But guess what, you can no longer allow for pre-existing conditions to disqualify somebody. And they go, oh. OK. How do I pay for that?

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An abusive relationship is worse than being in prison. I mean lit... by Joe Biden

An abusive relationship is worse than being in prison. I mean literally, not figuratively.

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I get overwhelming support in the African-American community. by Joe Biden

I get overwhelming support in the African-American community.

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I think after Sam Nunn left, I'm the last guy in the Senate who got a majority white male vote in their state.

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When you're appealing to people's fears and anxieties, you can ma... by Joe Biden

When you're appealing to people's fears and anxieties, you can make some gains.

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We have the greatest resource universities in the world, the only place in the world. We have the most productive workforce in the world. We have the most agile venture capitalists in the world. We have a situation where right now in the United States of America, we are near energy independent. North America is beginning to be the epicenter of energy. What is it that makes people think that this is not going to be the American century? I don't get it.

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The point being we used to have a system that wasn't as rigged in how the tax structure functioned. The president [Barack Obama] and I have been trying to get rid of some of these loopholes for some time. Look, we have to change the corporate culture.

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There is no question that I would be the better president. But as for the campaign, are Americans ready for a general election in which both major party candidates are ADD? Quite frankly, it could provide an opening for a third party candidate, maybe someone backed by the evil Koch brothers.

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