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Joe Biden points out that people watch the news and form opinions, but they are not all the same. He warns against assuming motives, saying it blocks agreement. He also stresses that a nation’s future rests on the attitudes and actions of its people, not just on government.

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

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Wealthy people understand we're one America, and we do best when we're all together.

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Wealthy people are just as patriotic as poor people, I honest to God believe that.

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The American people have not become heartless.

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

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When you're appealing to people's fears and anxieties, you can make some gains.

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Foreign policy is like human relations, only people know less about each other.

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People should not be in a position where their children have access to weapons and ammunition.

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Stop talking about how you care about people. Show me something. Show me a policy. Show me a policy where you take…

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We're going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.

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A lot of people criticized me for speaking out, not long ago, about gay marriage. I could not remain silent any longer.…

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I kept trying to tell people that just because I was young didn't mean I could speak for all young people.

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

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Given a fair shot, given a fair chance, Americans have never, ever, ever, ever let their country down. Never. Never. Ordinary people…

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I exaggerate when I’m angry, but I’ve never gone around telling people things that aren’t true about me.

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You can't go to insurance companies and say, you know what, we're not going to change anything having to do with the…

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We're close friends - the American people, the Israeli people, our governments. There's absolutely no daylight - none - between us and…

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One of the reasons to pick the cancer effort is to demonstrate to people that there's not much beyond our capacity. It…

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Resist the temptation to ascribe motive, because you really don't know - and it gets in the way of being able to…

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The single biggest stimulus to the economy are the unemployment benefits we're paying. These people go out and they spend the money.…

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The Constitution provides for one democratic moment, Judge, before a lifetime of judicial independence, when the people of the United States are…

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You know, the eleven million people living in the shadows, I believe, they're already American citizens... These people are just waiting, waiting…

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I always judge people who spend a lot of time in public office say they care about things, if the day after…

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We have the greatest resource universities in the world, the only place in the world. We have the most productive workforce in…

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But people turn on their televisions. They turn on their televisions and they see what's happening in Iraq. The American people are…

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Why do people like America? They say, well, you have the largest military in the world. Because you have more people, et…

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Well, I'm telling them two things. One is that, look, this is going to be something when the American people realize -…

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The American people are so much stronger, so much more resolved than any enemy can fully understand.

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People everywhere in the world are hungry for economic opportunity. And it's about a lot more than being able to make money.

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America's leaders have to find a way to work together, rise to the challenge, and come up with solutions as bold and…

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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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If you do politics the right way, I believe, you can actually make people's lives better. And integrity is the minimum ante…

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The more people learn about them (Obama and Hillary) and how they handle the pressure, the more their support will evaporate.

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I do not believe that we have a right to tell other people, women, that they can't control their bodies.

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People are suspect because they believe your ideology blinds you to equal application of the law, and the facts,

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I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to…

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People took the word "clean" out of context. My mother had an expression: "clean as a whistle, sharp as a tack." I…

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I know the polling data shows people have a negative view but if you listen to everything out there, you think, my…

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No foreign policy can be sustained in the United States of America without the informed consent of the American people. And informed…

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Not that I've always agreed with what she said - far from it - but Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has been properly…

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