Joe Quotes

My great grandfather, Raj, was from Punjab, India. My grandmother graduated Rajasthan University.

What I was saying is that Israel cannot count on the United States.

When we wrote the Constitution, the intention was to give the commander in chief the authority how to use the forces when you authorize him to be able to use the forces.

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's no reason the nation of Africa cannot and should not join the ranks of the world's most prosperous nations in the near term, in the decades ahead. There is simply no reason.

Do not tell me your values​​. Just give me pocket money, I would say how much you are worth

I would be surprised if Donald Trump got elected.

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

Let's just be smart this time. I'm looking for smart.

It(Boston Bombings) was worth it to hear you(survivor speakers) speak.

If we wait for the danger to become clear, it could be too late.

Plan B is if Hillary [Clinton] is indicted. Then, even if I missed the deadlines for the first couple of primaries, I'll be there to rescue the party. All bets are off.

I get overwhelming support in the African-American community.

America doesn't have health insurance.

I was in sit-ins to desegregate restaurants and movie houses in the '60s.

During the 60's, I was, in fact, very concerned about the civil rights movement.

If you're in a confined aircraft; when one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft.

The reason I talk so much about the middle class is it's the glue that holds America together. It really is. And we don't speak enough to their legitimate concerns.

US worse off than before Saddam because US lost credibility.

Everyone plagiarizes me. Ever since I wrote my autobiography.

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.

I must express my protest against continually increasing the debt without taking positive steps to slow its growth.

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

We can say, "if you want government money, you have to make this data public - you have to share it."

Would Colonel [Bernie] Sanders honeymoon in the Soviet Union?

Grow up, Donald Trump. Grow up. Time to be an adult. You're president. You've got to do something. Show us what you have.

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.

It is the most vicious of all crimes - to be abused by someone you had a relationship with! Because then you blame yourself.

I was not an activist.

In this world, emotion has become suspect - the accepted style is smooth, antiseptic and passionless.

The spread of nuclear weapons is the greatest threat facing the country-and I would argue facing humanity.

Resist the temptation to ascribe motive, because you really don't know - and it gets in the way of being able to reach a consensus on things that matter to you and to many other people.

Well, I was 29 years old when I came to the United States Senate, and I have learned a lot.

I'm joking, I'm joking. Best decision I ever made.

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.

I always judge people who spend a lot of time in public office say they care about things, if the day after they leave, they no longer talk about them, then I don't think they cared much about them.

I’ve been calling for more troops for over two years, along with John McCain and others subsequent to my saying that.

John McCain is a personal friend, a great friend, and I would be honored to run with or against John McCain, because I think the country would be better off, be well off no matter who.

I'm not big on flak jackets and tie-dyed shirts. You know, that's not me.

You can go back 500 years. You cannot find a more audacious plan.

It's gonna be one of the great achievements of this administration.

To start to look more focused on the good that's been done and can be done.

Somalis have made my city of Wilmington, Delaware, [ their home ] on a smaller scale. There is a large, very identifiable Somali community.

Everyone working 40 hrs a week should have a shot at a decent life.

Vote for war allowed war only after all else failed.

There's one advantage in having been around as long as I have. Everybody in the Senate knows me, and - I'm going to say something presumptuous, to repeat myself - I think most respect me.

I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years. And I just focused almost exclusively on my initiatives for national crime legislation, foreign policy issues.

I always wonder when it was that I was embraced.

War should always be the absolute last resort.

I have never left another senator out to dry. Never.