Quotes by Joe Biden

The midterms are one of the most important elections in our lifetime. This isn't a referendum this year, it's a choice - a choice between two vastly different visions of America.

My fellow Americans, on Saturday, at my direction, the United States successfully concluded an airstrike in Kabul, Afghanistan, that killed the emir of al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was deeply involved in the planning of 9/11.

How much more bloodshed are we willing to accept? Enough, enough, enough. This time we really have to change something.

This is the first time a president attended this dinner in six years. It's understandable. We had a horrible plague followed by two years of Covid.

I'm not worried about the midterms. We may end up with more partisan gridlock, but I'm confident we can work it out during my remaining six years in the presidency.

For God's sake, this man [Vladimir Putin] cannot remain in power.

You, the Russian people, are not our enemy.

NATO is a defensive alliance. It has never sought the demise of Russia.

In 1989, the Berlin Wall and all the walls of Soviet domination, they fell. They fell! And the people prevailed.

For generations, Warsaw has stood where liberty has been challenged and liberty has prevailed.

The United States and our allies will defend every inch of territory that is NATO territory with the full force of our collective power.

Russia's Vladimir Putin sought to shake the very foundations of the free world, thinking he could make it bend to his menacing ways. But he badly miscalculated. He thought he could roll into Ukraine, and the world would roll over. Instead, he met with a wall of strength he never anticipated or imagined. He met the Ukrainian people.

Last year, Covid-19 kept us apart. This year, we are finally together again.

Russia alone is responsible for the death and destruction this attack will bring, and the United States and its Allies and partners will respond in a united and decisive way. The world will hold Russia accountable.

I suppose there's room for two Commanders in this town.

As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the American people deserve to have a fuller picture of what their government knows about those attacks.

American troops cannot and should not be fighting in a war and dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves.

I think it's more than likely we're going to end up, if we end up in a war - a real shooting war with a major power - it's going to be as a consequence of a cyber breach of great consequence.

America is rising, choosing hope over fear, truth over lies, and light over darkness. After 100 days of rescue and renewal, America is ready for a takeoff, in my view. We are working again. Discovering again and leading the world again.

After I promised 200 million Covid-19 shots in the first 100 days, we will have provided over 220 million Covid shots in those hundred days. Thanks to the help of all of you.

In my view, we've already waited too long to deal with this climate crisis. We can't wait any longer. We see it with our own eyes. We feel it. We know it in our bones. And it's time to act!

Today, on this January day, my whole soul is in this: bringing America together, uniting our people, uniting our nation. And I ask every American to join me in this cause.

He is not fit to serve.

On the Capitol, on the House of Representatives, threatening the safety of duly elected officials. It's not protest, it's insurrection.

In this battle for the soul of America, democracy prevailed.

It is with great honor and humility that I accept this nomination for President of the United States of America.

We believe we're on track to win this election. We're gonna have to be patient until the hard work of tallying votes is finished.

I don't look at this in terms as he does, blue states and red states, they're all the United States.

We can choose a path of becoming angrier. Less hopeful. More divided. Or we can choose a different path and together, take this chance to heal. To reform. To unite. A path of hope and light.
This is a life-changing election. This will determine what America is going to look like for a long, long time.

Trump: "North Korea, we're not in a war. We have a good relationship. People don't understand, having a good relationship with leaders of other countries is a good thing."
Biden: "We had a good relationship with Hitler before he invaded Europe. Come on!"

He [Donald Trump] is sort of like Goebbels. You say the lie long enough, keep repeating it, repeating it, repeating it, it becomes common knowledge.

We have the power to write the future we want for our country - and it starts at the ballot box.

Today, we'll pass another grim milestone in this pandemic: 200,000 American lives lost.

I think what happened here is one of the great inflection points in American history, for real, in terms of civil liberties, civil rights and just treating people with dignity.

Donald Trump has turned this country into a battlefield riven by old resentments and fresh fears.

The country is crying out for leadership.

Listen to the scientists! Listen to what the facts are!

The President knew about this crisis all they way back in January. He's been incompetent in the way he responded to it. We have 80,000 deaths. We have more deaths than any nation in the world.

The President needs to stop blaming others and do his job.

Barack - this endorsement means the world to Jill and me. We're going to build on the progress we made together.

Everyone knows who Donald Trump is. We need to show them who we are. We choose hope over fear. Science over fiction. Unity over division. And, yes — truth over lies.

We have a president who believes there is no limit to his power. We have a president who believes he can do anything and get away with it. We have a president who believes he is above the law.

The effects of climate change are real and must be acted on.

One of the things I've never been accused of is not caring about people.

Corruption is just another form of tyranny.

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

In Romania, American forces have found a devoted NATO ally.