I worked at an all-black swimming pool in the east side of Wilmington, I was involved in what the Negroes, I mean, blacks were thinking, what they were feeling.
Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.
Some of my best friends are Jewish contributors to the Democratic Party.
Let's just be smart this time. I'm looking for smart.
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.
You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.
It(Boston Bombings) was worth it to hear you(survivor speakers) speak.
Grow up, Donald Trump. Grow up. Time to be an adult. You're president. You gotta do something. Show us what you have.
Plan B is if Hillary [Clinton] is indicted. Then, even if I missed the deadlines for the first couple of primaries, I'll be there to rescue the party. All bets are off.
I've learned a long time ago, you don't say anything for absolutely certain.
The reason I'm a Democrat is because the essence of the Democratic Party is an abhorrence for the abuse of power on the one hand, and the notion that everyone's entitled to be treated with dignity. That message never got through.
If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong.
Hilary Clinton might have been a better pick than me.
I am very optimistic about - about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You're going to see 90,000 American troops come marching home by the end of the summer. You're going to see a stable government in Iraq that is actually moving toward a representative government.
Every single great idea that has marked the 21st century, the 20th century and the 19th century has required government vision and government incentive.
I agree with Donna Brazile who said about Benghazi: "We got to preven dis from hapinin agen. "
I believe health care is a basic right. If education - you're entitled to an education, why wouldn't you be entitled to adequate health care? Period.
Stop talking about how you care about people. Show me something. Show me a policy. Show me a policy where you take responsibility.
When you're appealing to people's fears and anxieties, you can make some gains.
Well, you know, my shotgun will do better for you than your AR-15, because you want to keep someone away from your house, just fire the shotgun through the door.
I think the only reason Clarence Thomas is on the court is because he is black
I was kind of secretly hoping one of my kids would go out and make a million bucks. So when they put me in a home, at least I'll have a window with a view.
Senator John Stennis: The civil rights movement did more to free the white man that the black man. ... It freed my soul.
There's never been A day in the last four years I've been proud to be his Vice President. Not a single day.
In the middle of a recession, where we're just climbing out of it, where the economy -unemployment is still at 9.7 percent, the idea of raising taxes and reducing spending is a prescription for disaster.
This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.
We misread the Fifth Amendment [of Constitution] and have been misreading it for the past three decades.
The number one job facing the middle class. And it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: Jobs. J-O-B-S.
It's a problem that we [USA] think the Iranians are backing Hezbollah; the Iranians are backing terrorist activity in many parts of that region.
For too long in this society, we have celebrated unrestrained individualism over common community.
Look, guys, no matter what a girl does, no matter how she's dressed, no matter how much she's had to drink, it's never, never, never, never, never OK to touch her without her consent. This doesn't make you a man. It makes you a coward.
I was first in my family to go to college.
Almost every great innovation was [created] by government.
Life is a matter of really tough choices.
I must express my protest against continually increasing the debt without taking positive steps to slow its growth.
Al Gore invented the Internet.
I never had an interest in being a mayor ’cause that’s a real job. You have to produce. That’s why I was able to be a senator for 36 years.
In the good old days when I was a senator, I was my own man.
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.
How I learned to love the New World Order.
I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to be an ever more intrusive world.
Thus, in setting an American agenda for a New World Order, we must begin with a profound alteration in traditional thought.
A lucky person gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they're about to do and thinks it still matters.
I get a lot of credit I don't deserve.
My great grandfather, Raj, was from Punjab, India. My grandmother graduated Rajasthan University.
I got tested for AIDS. I know Barack got tested for AIDS. There's no shame in being tested for AIDS.
And since our country's founding, we've tried to keep government's heavy hand out of our personal lives, while ensuring that we do the most important thing, which is to protect those who cannot protect themselves.
No Ordinary American Cares About Their Constitutional Rights
You know, the eleven million people living in the shadows, I believe, they're already American citizens... These people are just waiting, waiting for a chance to contribute fully. And by that standard alone eleven million undocumented aliens are already Americans in my view.
I don't think any man or woman should run for president unless, number one, they know exactly why they would want to be president, and two, they can look at folks out there and say, 'I promise you have my whole heart, my whole soul, my energy, and my passion.
US worse off than before Saddam because US lost credibility.
I’d rather be at home making love to my wife while my children are asleep.
You know you're a success when you look at your kids and realize they turned out better than you.
A man I'm proud to call my friend. A man who will be the next President of the United States — Barack America!
As you probably know, some American politicians and American journalists refer to Washington, DC as the "capital of the free world." But it seems to me that Brussels, which boasts 1,000 years of history and which serves as the capital of Belgium, the home of the European Union, and the headquarters for NATO, this city has its own legitimate claim to that title.
The greatest gift is the ability to forget - to forget the bad things and focus on the good.
An abusive relationship is worse than being in prison. I mean literally, not figuratively.
I may be Irish, but I'm not stupid.
My mother believed and my father believed that if I wanted to be president of the United States, I could be, I could be Vice President!
President Clinton bankrupted Chrysler so that Italians could buy it to ship jobs overseas to China.
You know we're going to control the insurance companies.
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.
I get overwhelming support in the African-American community.
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.
Wealthy people are just as patriotic as poor people, I honest to God believe that.
Folks, I can tell you I've known eight presidents, three of them intimately.
My recollection is - and I'd have to confirm this - but I don't recall paying any money to go to law school.
If you need more than 10 rounds to hunt, and some argue they hunt with that many rounds, you shouldn't be hunting. If you can't get the deer in 3 shots, you shouldn't be hunting. You are an embarrassment.
The next person that tells me I'm not religious, I'm going to shove my rosary beads up their ass.
Hillary Clinton, income inequality, it's richest damn woman next to the Kennedy family, and you're trying to tell me she cares about income inequality?
Barack and I see a future... where no one, no one is forced to live in the shadows of intolerance.
It's easy being vice president - you don't have to do anything.
Banning guns is an idea whose time has come.
If we wait for the danger to become clear, it could be too late.
I am a Catholic. I can't say that without pointing out that I oppose abortion with all my heart and soul. Bill Clinton wanted them safe and rare. Barack Obama is heartsick that so many people he knows have had abortions. But we're all pro-choice and believe in reproductive freedom and oppose the Republicans' War on Women.
Politics is a damn expensive business. I had one hell of a time trying to raise money as a candidate. I had to put a second mortgage on our house to get that campaign started, and I ended up spending over $300,000 to get elected. I believe that public financing of federal election campaigns is the only thing that will insure good candidates and save the two-party system. It is the most degrading thing in the world to go out with your hat in your hand and beg for money, but that's what you have to do if you haven't got your own resources.
I did not grope the wife of Defense Secretary Ashton Carter or the daughter of Sen. Christopher Coons. I don't put drugs in drinks or give drinks to underage females. And all those photos about me inappropriately touching girls, they are blown-up.
Somalis have made my city of Wilmington, Delaware, [their home] on a smaller scale. There is a large, very identifiable Somali community, i might add if you ever come to the train station with me you'll notice I have great relationships with them because there's an awful lot driving cabs and are friends of mine. For real. I'm not being solicitous. I'm being serious.
The president has a big stick.
What I was saying is that Israel cannot count on the United States.
The art of living is simply getting up after you've been knocked down.
Guess what, the cheerleaders in college are the best athletes in college. You think, I'm joking, they're almost all gymnasts, the stuff they do on hard wood, it blows my mind.
Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.
Remember, no one decides who they're going to vote for based on the vice president. I mean that literally.
Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget and I'll tell you what you value.
There will come a day, I promise you, when the thought of your son, or daughter, or your wife or your husband, brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye. It will happen. My prayer for you is that day will come sooner than later.
I was in sit-ins to desegregate restaurants and movie houses in the '60s.
Every single morning since I've been 27 years old, I've got up and someone's handed me a card like the one I have in my pocket with the schedule on it, of all the things I'm gonna do. I don't know what to do if I didn't have that card.
If I hear one more Republican tell me about balancing the budget, I am going to strangle them.
No public funding for abortion; it imposes a view.
People are suspect because they believe your ideology blinds you to equal application of the law, and the facts.
The more people learn about them (Obama and Hillary) and how they handle the pressure, the more their support will evaporate.
I would be surprised if Donald Trump got elected.
When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened.'
All you need is a double barrel
I wouldn’t go anywhere in confined spaces now. When one person sneezes it goes all the way through the aircraft. That’s me. I would not be, at this point, if they had another way of transportation, suggesting they ride the subway.
I exaggerate when I’m angry, but I’ve never gone around telling people things that aren’t true about me.
I do not believe that we have a right to tell other people, women, that they can't control their bodies.
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.
This Administration [of Barack Obama] favors a pluralistic world and respects cultural differences, so it's wrong for the West and American elitists to judge how women are treated under Sharia. I'm going too long on all this, but I choke up on the President's legacy of reaching out to the Muslim world. It's an emotional thing.
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.
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.
My position is that I am personally opposed to abortion, but I don't think I have a right to impose my view on the rest of society. I've thought a lot about it, and my position probably doesn't please anyone. I think the government should stay out completely. I will not vote to overturn the Court's decision. I will not vote to curtail a woman's right to choose abortion. But I will also not vote to use federal funds to fund abortion.
Mr. Trump's a good man, but he doesn't know much about the health care system.
America doesn't have health insurance.
Well, I thought the deal was, when you went to work for the government you weren't supposed to make money!
In presidential campaign I released a 65-page file from the Syracuse University College of Law that showed poor grades, back in college, also. If I were plagiarizing consistently, my grades would have been better.
I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man.
What's four years in our long American history? Remember when I asked that wheelchair-bound politician to "stand up." It turns me off when people say Donald Trump is authentic. Just because he says "Mexican rapists." What about me? I am the real deal.
Do not tell me your values. Just give me pocket money, I would say how much you are worth
If you do politics the right way, I believe, you can actually make people's lives better. And integrity is the minimum ante to get into the game.
Now, people when I say that look at me and say, 'What are you talking about, Joe? You're telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?'. The answer is yes, that's what I'm telling you.
There is a middle class in America for only one reason: organized labor. If not for organized labor, where would you find a job where you had some sense that you had a shot of leaving behind something better than you inherited?.
When we wrote the Constitution, the intention was to give the commander in chief the authority how to use the forces when you authorize him to be able to use the forces.
Everyone plagiarizes me. Ever since I wrote my autobiography.
There's no reason the nation of Africa cannot and should not join the ranks of the world's most prosperous nations in the near term, in the decades ahead. There is simply no reason.
Based on my own experiences, I made sure, and I'm proud of this, that the Common Core curriculum is hard on plagiarizers.
I did not know at the time, but what I did at that swimming pool [on the east side of Wilmington] paved the way for Barack Obama.
I have never touched Hillary [Clinton] inappropriately.
Now that I'm not running, I can appear on Fox. Let the cabinet members do the low-ratings shows on MSNBC.
A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.
I am a Zionist. You don't have to be a Jew to be a Zionist.
Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars. Guess what? Yes we do.
Transgender discrimination is the civil rights issue of our time
We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society, for nothing suffocates the promise of America more than unbounded cynicism and indifference.
