In my heart, I'm confident I could make a good president.

Life is a matter of really tough choices.

I used to stutter really badly. Everybody thinks it's funny. And it's not funny. It's not.

Corruption is just another form of tyranny.

No one ever doubts that I mean what I say. The problem is I sometimes say all that I mean.

For too long in this society, we have celebrated unrestrained individualism over common community.

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

For any young democracy, the most difficult but important step is burying the legacy of tyranny and establishing an economy and a government and institutions that abide by the rule of law. Every country faces challenges to the rule of law, including my own.

The 21st century is going to be the American century. Because we lead not only by the example of our power, but by the power of our example. That is the history of the journey of America.

Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be Vice President of the United States of America. Let's get that straight. She's a truly close personal friend. She is qualified to be President of the United States of America. She's easily qualified to be Vice President of the United States of America.

Unions did in fact build the middle class. And here's what that did. That built the United States of America as we know it.

You never make fun of anybody with a club foot or a withered arm, but it's open season on anybody who stutters.

If I don't run for president, we'll all be OK.

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

We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Don't forget it.

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

I can die a happy man never having been president of the United States of America. But it doesn't mean I won't run.

Given a fair shot, given a fair chance, Americans have never, ever, ever, ever let their country down. Never. Never. Ordinary people like us. Who do extraordinary things.

Other than being crazy enough to press a button, there is nothing that Putin can do militarily to fundamentally alter American interests.

I ran for the Senate six times. And one of the things I know about Senate races off years and on races, and on years, the same as governor's races, is it's all local. It all gets down to what the specific issues in that - in that district or that state is.

Global energy security is a vital part of America's national security.

Two million felons have tried to buy a gun and, because of the background check, have been denied.

In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking.

Look, freedom is an overwhelming American notion. The idea that we want to see the world, the peoples of the world free is something that all of us subscribe to.

I don't say very much I don't really think through. I know that sounds inconsistent with Joe Biden.

Just talk to me as a father - not what the Constitution says. What do you feel?

I support immediate financial assistance to the newly elected Palestinian president. Now, I don't know what those numbers will be, and I don't know how it's going to be framed.

Quite frankly, Russian aggression in Ukraine and its illegal occupation of Crimea remind us that we still have a good deal more work to do to guarantee the strategic vision of a Europe whole, free and at peace.

In the good old days when I was a senator, I was my own man.

I know I'm not supposed to like muscle cars, but I like muscle cars.

Innovation can only occur where you can breathe free.

America's experience, like many others, teaches us that fostering entrepreneurship is not just about crafting the right economic policy or developing the best educated curricula. It's about creating an entire climate in which innovation and ideas flourish.

'Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars.' Guess what? Yes, we do in one regard: We want to let that trillion dollar tax cut expire so the middle class doesn't have to bear the burden of all that money going to the super-wealthy. That's not a tax raise. That's called fairness where I come from.

Now, people when I say that look at me and say, 'What are you talking about, Joe? You're telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?'. The answer is yes, that's what I'm telling you.

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.

I have no doubt that Russia will and should remain a major source of energy supplies for Europe and the world.

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.

No one making less than $250,000 under Barack Obama's plan will see one single penny of their tax raised, whether it's their capital gains tax, their income tax, investment tax, any tax.

We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society.

I've been waiting over 40 years to come to Cyprus, and it has not disappointed - the birthplace of Aphrodite, the Crossroads of Civilization, and, I might add, a genuine strategic partner to the United States of America.

We don't want two-tier people in America. Those who are legal but not citizens, and citizens.

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

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.

America's commitment to collective defense under Article 5 of NATO is a sacred obligation in our view - a sacred obligation not just for now, but for all time.

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.

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.

The Chinese have figured out that they have a giant environmental problem. Folks in Beijing, some days, literally can't breathe. Over a million Chinese die prematurely every year because of air pollution.

ISIS is not an existential threat to something happening to someone in the United States of America. It's a serious problem overseas, but it's confusing and frightening.

You're looking at a middle-class guy. I am who I am.

I've been really, really fortunate.