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When seagull droppings landed on my head at a campaign event at Bowers Beach two days before Election Day, I chose to read it as a sign of a coming success.

— Joe Biden Promises to Keep (2008)

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I, too, believe there are natural rights that predate any written political or legal documents; we have these rights merely because we're children of God.

Promises to Keep (2008)

We’re mourning more than 4.5 million people — people of every nation from every background.

I say this as a father of a man and won the Bronze Star, the conspicuous service medal, and lost his life in Iraq.

If you notice, I have more people supporting me in the black community that have announced for me, because they know me.

I call on everyone, no matter how deeply they care about this decision, to keep all protests peaceful.

Remarks on the Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade (2022)

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To rank the effort above the prize may be called love.

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The weak shows his strength and hides his weaknesses; the magnificent exhibits his weaknesses like ornaments.

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