Quotes from Joe Biden

This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.

Vote for war allowed war only after all else failed.

War should always be the absolute last resort.

Justice [Sandra Day] O'Connor also brought balance to our highest court; most recently, as been repeated many times, when she cautioned about how war doesn't give a blank check.

I ran for the Senate six times. And one of the things I know about Senate races off years and on races, and on years, the same as governor's races, is it's all local. It all gets down to what the specific issues in that - in that district or that state is.

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.

I've known and continue to know every one of these major world leaders by their first names, and I have access to them.

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.

We didn't crumble after 9/11. We didn't falter after the Boston Marathon. But we're America. Americans will never, ever stand down. We endure. We overcome. We own the finish line.

In my neighborhood, when you've got something to say to a guy, you look him in the eye and you say it to him.

Romania can be a linchpin in delivering gas to its neighbors and even become an energy exporter for its neighbors across Central and Eastern Europe.

I know why we're strong. I know why we have held together; I know why we are united: it's because there's always been a growing middle class.

Unions did in fact build the middle class. And here's what that did. That built the United States of America as we know it.

ISIS is not an existential threat to something happening to someone in the United States of America. It's a serious problem overseas, but it's confusing and frightening.

It's overwhelmingly in the self-interest of the United States of America to have a secure, democratic friend, a strategic partner like Israel.

Well, I was 29 years old when I came to the United States Senate, and I have learned a lot.

In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking.

We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Don't forget it.

My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'

America's leaders have to find a way to work together, rise to the challenge, and come up with solutions as bold and visionary as the people of this nation.

Don't hold against me that I don't own - that I don't own a single stock or bond. Don't hold it - I have no savings accounts.

No nation should stoke instability in its neighbor's country.

We're going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.

You never make fun of anybody with a club foot or a withered arm, but it's open season on anybody who stutters.