"Our failure in recent years has not been……" — Joe Biden
"Our failure in recent years has not been the failure of the people to meet the challenges placed before them, but rather the failure of both our great political parties to place those challenges honestly and courageously before the people, and to trust the willingness of the people to do the things that really need to be done."
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248 Quotes by Joe Biden
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