Joseph R. Biden Jr. Quotes

I don't have to be in politics.

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.

Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor.

I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.

I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.

Independence is a political concept, not a biological concept.

I was always my own person.

Never was my political stance determined by the men I was with. I had my own ideas.

I appreciate individualism.

My life choices are not supposed to be the gateway to somebody else's. That's my journey.

Liberal Democracy is all about extending choice. Give people the option to decide their retirement age, and you immediately extend their freedom in a very significant way.

Politicians love power. I love freedom. That is why I am not a politician.

I do have the freedom to choose what I want to do and I'll continue to do that.

I don't want to be president, but I want to be free to decide whether or not I want to be president of this country.

Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.

I really do like being independent, and I don't want to have to rely on anyone else to cart me around if I break a bone.

I am a rank individualist.

I was always an independent, even when I had partners.

I would rather be an independent senator, governed by my own views, going for the good of the country, uncontrolled by any thing which mortal man can bring to bear upon me, than to be president of the United States, put there as presidents of the United States have been for many years past.

Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.

I think people should be able to do what they want to do.

It is the '94 race which in many ways allowed Ted Kennedy to become his own man rather than the 'third brother.' He had to reach down and win it on his own.

I built my entire life on the idea of independence.

I voted against my party with some frequency, because of my independence. I've just got to remind Missourians that I am independent and that I try to call them like I see them, and sometimes my party is wrong on some things.

I'm one of the few people in this world who can do anything I choose. I can't tell you how good I'm feeling.