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Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under President Barack Obama, and represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009.
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“Remember—no serious guys till you're thirty!”
- Joe Biden, 2010s, 2014)
“I made it clear to the Israelis—don’t move on Haifa.”
- Joe Biden, 2024, April 2024)
Announcing his 2008 presidential bid, Barack Obama succinctly declares his committed candidacy, framing the arduous campaign ahead as a marathon rather than a tentative exploration.
“I'm not exploring. I'm in. And this is the beginning of a marathon”
- Joe Biden, 2000s, 2007)
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Joe Biden on Gaza war 8 quotes
Speaking on the Israel-Hamas conflict, Joe Biden repeated a subsequently debunked claim that he saw confirmed pictures of Hamas beheading children.
“I’ve been doing this a long time. I never really thought that I would see and have confirmed pictures of terrorists beheading children.”
Joe Biden on 2021 United States Capitol attack 5 quotes
“Now let's step up, write the next chapter in American history, for January 6 marks not the end of democracy, but the beginning of a renaissance of liberty and fair play.”
Joe Biden on COVID-19 pandemic in the United States 4 quotes
“This is enough vaccine to vaccinate 300 million Americans by end of summer, early fall”
Joe Biden on Democracy 4 quotes
Speaking in Philadelphia in 2022, President Biden framed democracy's survival as dependent on Americans embracing empathy, courage, and optimism despite political division.
“Democracy begins and will be preserved in we, the people’s, habits of heart, in our character: optimism that is tested yet endures, courage that digs deep when we need it, empathy that fuels democracy, the willingness to see each other not as enemies but as fellow Americans. Look, our democracy is imperfect. It always has been. Notwithstanding those folks you hear on the other side there. They’re entitled to be outrageous. This is a democracy. But history and common sense — good manners is nothing they’ve ever suffered from. But history and common sense tell us that opportunity, liberty, and justice for all are most likely to come to pass in a democracy.”
Joe Biden on United States 3 quotes
“This country wasn't built by Wall Street bankers and CEOs and hedge fund managers. It was built by the American middle class”
Joe Biden on 2021 Taliban offensive 3 quotes
“I need not tell you the perception around the world and in parts of Afghanistan, I believe, is that things are not going well in terms of the fight against the Taliban... And there is a need, whether it is true or not, there is a need to project a different picture.”
- Joe Biden, B)
Joe Biden on Far-right politics 3 quotes
“These are hard things. But I'm an American President, not a President of red America or blue America, but of all America. And I believe it's my duty—my duty—to level with you, to tell the truth no matter how difficult, no matter how painful. And here, in my view, is what is true: MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution. They do not believe in the rule of law. They do not recognize the will of the people. They refuse to accept the results of a free election. And they're working right now, as I speak, in State after State to give power to decide elections in America to partisans and cronies, empowering election deniers to undermine democracy itself.”
Joe Biden on Presidency of Joe Biden 2 quotes
“I hope my message is loud and clear: America is back. And America is ready to lead”
Joe Biden on Romania 2 quotes
“Romania has made a remarkable journey from tyranny to freedom, from captive nation to NATO ally -- and it happened, it's happened in the space of a single generation.”
Joe Biden on History of the United States 2 quotes
“Now let's step up, write the next chapter in American history, for January 6 marks not the end of democracy, but the beginning of a renaissance of liberty and fair play.”
- Joe Biden, Twenty first century)
Joe Biden on American benevolence 2 quotes
“The reason we have no moral authority is we’re not acting. I heard the same argument with Milosevic. I went over there, found out there was genocide going on, I came to your husband, I said, "We must act!" Now, look, we acted. Not an American was killed. We saved hundreds of thousands of lives.”
Joe Biden on Social Security (United States) 2 quotes
“For our seniors, Social Security is a sacred obligation, a sacred promise made. The current president is threatening to break that promise. He's proposing to eliminate the tax that pays for almost half of Social Security without any way of making up for that lost revenue. I will not let it happen. If I'm your president, we're going to protect Social Security and Medicare. You have my word.”
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Joe Biden on Ted Kennedy 5 quotes
“If Teddy were here, in the United States Senate, what he’d be talking about is equity, honesty, the way in which we deal with people, treating everyone the same way.”
Joe Biden on Kamala Harris 4 quotes
“One of the reasons that I chose Kamala is that we both believe that we can define America simply in one word: possibilities.”
Joe Biden on Roe v. Wade 3 quotes
“[Should the Supreme Court’s draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade hold, it would be] really quite a radical decision. If sustained, a whole range of rights are in question.”
Joe Biden on Newt Gingrich 2 quotes
View all 2 quotes on Newt Gingrich →Joe Biden on Justin Trudeau 2 quotes
“Prime Minister Trudeau, you were my first meeting with a foreign leader, just 1 month after my Presidency during the hardest days of COVID-19. We had to make a visit virtual, but since then, we've been all over the world, talking to some—taking on some of the toughest issues our nations have faced in a very long time. I want to thank you for your partnership and for your personal friendship. I thank you very much. Jill and I are grateful for the hospitality that you and Sophie have shown us.”
Joe Biden on Slobodan Milošević
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Joe Biden on Mohammad Javad Zarif
“"Zarif is a tough advocate, but he’s also pragmatic, not dogmatic, He can play an important role in helping to resolve our significant differences with Iran peacefully."”
Joe Biden on Donald Trump
Under the letter "B" of an unspecified alphabetical listing, this quote highlights Trump's controversial and arguably negligent response to the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on inaction and dangerous suggestions.
“When it comes to COVID-19, after months of doing nothing, other than predicting the virus would disappear or maybe, if you drank bleach, you may be okay, Trump has simply given up.”
Joe Biden on Texas Heartbeat Act
“Today, Texas law SB8 went into effect. This extreme Texas law blatantly violates the constitutional right established under Roe v. Wade and upheld as precedent for nearly half a century.”
- Joe Biden, B)
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“If the sides wait until Trump enters office on January 20 to strike a deal, “there’s a very real possibility that none of the hostages will remain alive, and it will be nearly impossible to retrieve the remains of those who have been murdered,” Dekel-Chen warns.
While he faults the Israeli government for “abandoning” the hostages for more than 400 days, Dekel-Chen asserts that the Biden administration has done “everything in its power” to negotiate a deal, amid pushback from both Israel and Hamas.”
Rev. William Barber II quoted on Joe Biden
“One of the things I like about the fact of the Biden-Harris plan is that they are, number one, not talking about taking people’s healthcare.... The Biden-Harris plan is talking about raising people’s living wages, $15 an hour. The Trump-Pence plan is talking about giving more money to the wealthy. In fact, the Trump-Pence-McConnell plan, they refuse to pass a stimulus because they want another $200 billion in tax cuts, they want money for a fighter jet, and they want to protect corporations from liability when those corporations didn’t protect their people from coronavirus. So, what we have is two different worlds operating.... So, on the one hand, while Pence and — while Biden and Harris may not be every, fully where the Poor People’s Campaign are, they are in the world of wanting to do more. They’re in the sphere of wanting to increase. They’re in the sphere of wanting to make sure that the people have what they need, as opposed to wanting to only secure the wealthy and the greedy.”
Peter Beinart on Joe Biden
“[During] a critical period early in the Obama administration, when the White House contemplated exerting real pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu to keep the possibility of a Palestinian state alive, Biden did more than any other cabinet-level official to shield Netanyahu from that pressure... When it came to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Michael Oren notes in his memoir, Biden sometimes employed an uncomfortable analogy: “Never crucify yourself on a small cross.” The message: The Palestinians aren’t pliable or important enough to be worth the trouble, given the political cost domestically.”
Medea Benjamin on Joe Biden
“President Joe Biden and the Democratic Congress are facing a crisis as the popular domestic agenda they ran on in the 2020 elections is held hostage by two corporate Democratic senators: fossil-fuel consigliere Joe Manchin and payday-lender favorite Kyrsten Sinema.”
Jim Biden on Joe Biden
“Everything was upside-down There was this lovely wife, who was just as much a part of the Senate win as he was, and she was gone. Joe went into himself for a time I spent a year with him. We traveled together, we skied in Vermont. His sense of frustration was intense”
Cory Booker on Joe Biden
During a 2019 Democratic debate, Cory Booker accused Joe Biden of lacking genuine understanding of the impact of his criminal justice policies, invoking a pointed metaphor.
“Mr. Vice President, there's a saying in my community that you're dipping into the Kool-Aid and you don't even know the flavor.”
Jimmy Carter formally endorsing Biden at the on Joe Biden
At the 2020 Democratic National Convention, former President Jimmy Carter endorsed Joe Biden, emphasizing Biden's experience, integrity, and ability to unite the country.
“For decades, he has been my loyal and dedicated friend. Joe has the experience, character, and decency to bring us together and restore America’s greatness. We deserve a person with integrity and judgment, someone who is honest and fair, someone who is committed to what is best for the American people.”
Noam Chomsky on Joe Biden
“Biden’s an empty vessel. I don’t think he has any firm principles.”
Ben Crump on Joe Biden
“It was very obvious that Vice President Biden cared, as he extended to Jacob Jr. a sense of humanity, treating him as a person worthy of consideration and prayer.”
4 August 2021 on Joe Biden
“You have hundreds of thousands of people pouring across every month Not only are they letting them through, they’re farming them out all across the country, putting them on planes, putting them on buses. Do you think they’re worrying about COVID for that? Of course not. Whatever variants there are around the world, they’re coming across that southern border. He’s not shutting down the virus. He’s helping facilitate it. Why don’t you get this border secure? Until you do that, I don’t want to hear a blip about COVID from you.”
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz on Joe Biden
“During Joe Biden's 2020 bid for the presidency, the campaign issued a statement on his immigration plan, titled "The Biden Plan for Securing Our Values as a Nation of Immigrants," asserting that "unless your ancestors were native to these shores, or forcibly enslaved and brought here as part of our original sin as a nation, most Americans can trace their family history back to a choice-a choice to leave behind everything that was familiar in search of new opportunities and a new life." Unlike the previous "nation of immigrants" statement, the Biden campaign's did acknowledge prior and continuing Native presence, as well as specifying that enslaved Africans were not immigrants. However, the new rhetoric continues to mask the settler-colonial violence that established and maintained the United States and turns immigrants into settlers.”
Edward Felsenthal on Joe Biden
Time editor Edward Felsenthal framed the 2020 "Person of the Year" selection of Biden and Harris as embodying the diverse and collaborative future America needs to succeed.
“Biden and Harris show where the nation is heading: a blend of ethnicities, lived experiences and worldviews that must find a way forward together if the American experiment is to survive.”
About Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under President Barack Obama, and represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009.