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Don't hold against me that I don't own - that I don't own a single stock or bond. Don't hold it - I have no savings accounts.
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.
The truth is I don't regret it. It was the right decision [not run for president] for my family, and the right decision for me.
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.
There used to be an old bad joke. I hope it's not so much a good joke anymore. 'Everybody's from Scranton; no one's in Scranton.'
There's only one person in this race who will be there, who's always been there for you, and that's Hillary Clinton's life story.
Success will come when the societal attitude changes and not a single woman in America asks herself the question 'What did I do?'.
Stop talking about how you care about people. Show me something. Show me a policy. Show me a policy where you take responsibility.
Since when do corporations not have responsibility to the community? Since when to the not have responsibility to their employees?
Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.
Social Security's not the hard one to solve. Medicare, that is the gorilla in the room, and you've got to put all of it on the table.
You're president, if you conclude my judgment is not the right judgment, I abide by that, but I want an opportunity to have an input.
I always kid the president in different circumstances. Mr. President, a country's never going to be more optimistic than the president.
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!
When I said clean, I meant he [Barack Obama] was bright. Like when [Donald] Trump said about Carly [Fiorina], "face" he meant "persona."
The fundamental disagreement most Republicans have is they don't think health care is a right. They think it is a privilege, not a right.
Other than being crazy enough to press a button, there is nothing that Putin can do militarily to fundamentally alter American interests.
The idea that you know more than the intelligence community knows, it's a little like saying, I know more about physics than my professor.
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.
Somalis have made my city of Wilmington, Delaware, [ their home ] on a smaller scale. There is a large, very identifiable Somali community.
People took the word "clean" out of context. My mother had an expression: "clean as a whistle, sharp as a tack." I inherited her originality.
We were never motorheads. We knew fast cars. We knew how to siphon gas - me - charge the battery when it was down. But never hot-wired a car.
I know why we're strong. I know why we have held together; I know why we are united: it's because there's always been a growing middle class.
It's overwhelmingly in the self-interest of the United States of America to have a secure, democratic friend, a strategic partner like Israel.
Except for the title 'father,' there is no title, including 'vice president,' that I am more proud to wear than that of United States senator.
I acknowledge these are very tough jobs a judge has in determining whether or not there is an openness that is required under the Constitution.
We Americans think, in every country in transition, there's a Thomas Jefferson hiding behind some rock or a James Madison beyond one sand dune.
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.
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.
We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society, for nothing suffocates the promise of America more than unbounded cynicism and indifference.
Judge [Samuel Alito], there's a genuine struggle going on well beyond you, well beyond the Congress, in America about how to read the Constitution.
Romania can be a linchpin in delivering gas to its neighbors and even become an energy exporter for its neighbors across Central and Eastern Europe.
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.
Except for the title 'father,' there is no title, including vice president, that I am more proud to wear than that of a senator of the United States.
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.
We have a Bill of Rights, we have trial by jury. We have a notion that you are - you're innocent until you're proven guilty. We have all these things.
Most Americans think there's already universal background checks. They don't understand why there wouldn't be a background check to purchase a weapon.
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?
Every single great idea that has marked the 21st century, the 20th century and the 19th century has required government vision and government incentive.
It is unfortunate we were put in the position where the Republicans made it clear they were ready to let everything fall unless they got these tax cuts.
In the 21st century, the countries that thrive will be the ones where citizens know their voices will be heard because the institutions are transparent.
Matter of fact, the way we got a path, a great friend, Arlen Specter, I convinced him to switch parties. Not a joke. Not a joke. He was the deciding vote.
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.
No matter how you cut it, this real debate on personal accounts is about the legitimacy of Social Security; it's not about the solvency of Social Security.
America's leaders have to find a way to work together, rise to the challenge, and come up with solutions as bold and visionary as the people of this nation.
The United States supports a strong, united Ukraine with productive and peaceful relationships with both the East and the West, with both Russia and Europe.
I've been a strong supporter of public financing my whole career. I'm the first guy to introduce a public financing bill to the United States Senate in 1973.
Look folks, we know who built this country and we know who is going to rebuild it. It's you. Instead of vilifying you, we should be thanking you. We owe you.
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.
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.'