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" 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. "
Joe Biden
Build
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" One of the things I've never been accused of is not caring about people. "
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" We don't want two-tier people in America. Those who are legal but not citizens, and citizens. "
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" My father used to have an expression. He'd say, 'Joey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It's about your dignity. It's about respect. It's about your place in your community.' "
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" No fundamental social change occurs merely because government acts. It's because civil society, the conscience of a country, begins to rise up and demand - demand - demand change. "
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" The effects of climate change are real and must be acted on. "
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" America's experience, like many others, teaches us that fostering entrepreneurship is not just about crafting the right economic policy or developing the best educated curricula. It's about creating an entire climate in which innovation and ideas flourish. "
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" The Chinese have figured out that they have a giant environmental problem. Folks in Beijing, some days, literally can't breathe. Over a million Chinese die prematurely every year because of air pollution. "
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" There's a lot of revisionist history that goes on these days about Iraq. "
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" Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable. "
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" 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. "
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Marathon
" 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. "
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" Corruption is a cancer: a cancer that eats away at a citizen's faith in democracy, diminishes the instinct for innovation and creativity; already-tight national budgets, crowding out important national investments. It wastes the talent of entire generations. It scares away investments and jobs. "
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Faith
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" Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism. "
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Patriotism
Good
" My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.' "
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Measure
Up
" Corruption is just another form of tyranny. "
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Corruption
" Here at home, when Americans were standing in long lines to give blood after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, we squandered an obvious opportunity to make service a noble cause again, and rekindle an American spirit of community. "
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Community
Service
" You know, my Grandpop Finnegan used to have an expression: he used to say, 'Joey, the guy in Olyphant's out of work, it's an economic slowdown. When your brother-in-law's out of work, it's a recession. When you're out of work, it's a depression.' "
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Know
Depression
" In the good old days when I was a senator, I was my own man. "
Joe Biden
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Man
Own
" Given a fair shot, given a fair chance, Americans have never, ever, ever, ever let their country down. Never. Never. Ordinary people like us. Who do extraordinary things. "
Joe Biden
Country
Down
Chance
" For any young democracy, the most difficult but important step is burying the legacy of tyranny and establishing an economy and a government and institutions that abide by the rule of law. Every country faces challenges to the rule of law, including my own. "
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Law
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" Innovation can only occur where you can breathe free. "
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Innovation
Free
" My recollection is - and I'd have to confirm this - but I don't recall paying any money to go to law school. "
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Any
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" No one ever doubts that I mean what I say. The problem is I sometimes say all that I mean. "
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Sometimes
Problem
" 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. "
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