Joe Biden

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.

I used to say to my late wife, 'I have great faith in the American people.'

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.

Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.

You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.

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

I used to stutter really badly. Everybody thinks it's funny. And it's not funny. It's not.