Joe Biden

"Don’t tell me what you value; show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value."

- Joe Biden

"Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value."

- Joe Biden

"Fear never builds the future, but hope does."

- Joe Biden

"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."

- Joe Biden

"And we must never forget that it is the mighty arm of the American warrior — never bending, never breaking, never yielding — generation after generation that secured for us the blessings of a nation that still stands today as the beacon of liberty, democracy, and justice around the world."

- Joe Biden

"It’s an honor that not only a small percentage of Americans can claim, and one that marks those who are able to claim it as brothers and sisters. It’s a badge of courage that unites across all ages, regardless of background—because to be a veteran is to have endured and survived challenges most Americans will never know."

- Joe Biden

"To all the mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, spouses—all those who stand alongside our veterans—and their families, caregivers, survivors: You are the solid steel spine that bears up under every burden, the courageous heart that rises to every challenge."

- Joe Biden

"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."

- Joe Biden

"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."

- Joe Biden

"Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value."

- Joe Biden

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

- Joe Biden

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

- Joe Biden

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

- Joe Biden

"My father had an expression: Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value."

- Joe Biden

"Our veterans represent the best of America. You are the very spine of America, not just the backbone. You’re the spine of this country. And all of us—all of us—owe you."

- Joe Biden

"Truck drivers are the unsung heroes of our economy, transporting goods and supplies across the country."

- Joe Biden