Previous Quote

Joe Biden Quotes

Next Quote
Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave The conservatives could sneer about

The conservatives could sneer about “social engineering” if they wanted, but I thought that most people believed as I did that government should embody our best hopes and lend a hand to people who were struggling.

Joe Biden
Copy LinkCopy Link
Copy QuoteCopy Quote
Copy ImageCopy Image
Download Image of QuoteDownload Image

About The Quote

Related Authors

Related Topics

More Quotes From Joe Biden

My rights are not derived from any government. My rights are not denied by any majority. My rights are because I exist.
Joe Biden
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.
Joe Biden
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 y'all back in chains.
Joe Biden
Vice President Cheney has been the most dangerous vice president we've had probably in American history. The idea he doesn't realize that Article I of the Constitution defines the role of the vice president of the United States, that's the Executive Branch. He works in the Executive Branch. He should understand that. Everyone should understand that. And the primary role of the vice president of the United States of America is to support the president of the United States of America, give that president his or her best judgment when sought, and as vice president, to preside over the Senate, only in a time when in fact there's a tie vote. The Constitution is explicit. The only authority the vice president has from the legislative standpoint is the vote, only when there is a tie vote. He has no authority relative to the Congress.
Joe Biden
My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up.
Joe Biden
I kept trying to tell people that just because I was young didn't mean I could speak for all young people.
Joe Biden
I wasn't built to look the other way because the law demanded it. The law might be wrong.
Joe Biden
Don't tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value.
Joe Biden
Report Quote Report Quote Report Quote Submit Quote Submit Quote Submit Quote