Joseph R. Biden Jr. Quotes

We cannot allow events that might divide us in a small way to distract from the common values and the common interests that unite us in big ways.

The goal of my shows, my interviews, my business, my philanthropy, all of it, whatever ventures I might pursue, would be to make clear that what unites us is ultimately far more redeeming and compelling than anything that separates me.

What unites us, is much greater than what divides us.

The children of God have more in common then they have differences.

Things that make us alike are finer and stronger than the things that make us different.

Without a common loyalty to either a state or a church they have nevertheless a vast deal in common.

Americans know that we have more in common than we do differences.

While we celebrate our diversity, what surprises me time and time again as I travel around the constituency is that we are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us.

Beware of the differences that blind us to the unity that binds us.

What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us.

Thanksgiving reminds us that no matter our differences, we're still one people, part of something bigger than ourselves.

We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.

We go on and on about our differences. But, you know, our differences are less important than our similarities. People have a lot in common with one another, whether they see that or not.

America's strength is not our diversity; our strength is our ability to unite people of different backgrounds around common principles. A common language is necessary to reach that goal.

There is no 'them' and 'us.' There is only us.

There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and latino America and asian America - there's the United States of America.

For too long, we have focused on our differences - in our politics and backgrounds, in our race and beliefs - rather than cherishing the unity and pride that binds us together.

We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far outnumber and outweigh those that divide us.

Things that bind a community together are the things that nobody has to talk about because everyone agrees about them.

We have a stake in one another ... what binds us together is greater than what drives us apart

In the history of the human race, those periods which later appeared as great have been the periods when the men and the women belonging to them had transcended the differences that divided them and had recognized in their membership in the human race a common bond.

You can look different but have the same values. That's not diversity; it's conformity.

What we need is a system of thought - you might even call it a religion - that can bind humans together. A system that would fit the Republic of Chad as well as the United States: a system that would supply our idealistic young people with something to believe in.

Our shared values define us more than our differences. And acknowledging those shared values can see us through our challenges today if we have the wisdom to trust in them again.