Joe Biden

I think we are leading them fundamentally down a wrong track that will not lead to the freedom that they need to have as an open, operating society.

If we're going to do that that quickly, and we may have to practically, if we do that that quickly, and I'm not sure I'm going to vote $87 billion for that, because I think the chances of that succeeding are about as likely as this cup of…

We're going to end up with having created chaos in the region, Iran in the driver's seat, and a Turkish Islamic republic reconsidering their options.

Superpower to them is like being the big brother in a family of 12 where the father holds you responsible for every single mistake the 11 kids make when he's away.

The American people want to get the hell out. They want out.

I think that's a very good thing, but who are the ones ready, as Noah said, relative to the parties?

This is an absolutely dysfunctional police force and it always was dysfunctional.

You're going to watch American troops leave here more rapidly than you can possibly imagine.

This ain't an imperial nation. This ain't one who is going to want to hang around there, and the American people understand oil isn't enough.

There is going to be, I predict to you, if something doesn't change quickly, a desire to confer sovereignty on whoever will stand up and say, I'm Iraqi.

I'm going to be just a very simple, plain old local county councilman here.

I'm a plain old politician and I'm trying to figure out, I'm sitting in my state that's in chaos.

I think it's critically important to get the United States out of this situation it's in right now as being an occupying power.

We're saying write a constitution, then have a vote, not only on the constitution but on the constituent assembly.

I think it must be coupled with a more clear American explicit explanation of what it is that the United States would like to see happen on the democratization issue.

The United States wants to--I don't remember the word he used--reshape the Middle East.

These are among the best hearings that we have.

We have hearings for two purposes, one for oversight and one to learn.

There are many of us who have been talking about internationalizing this effort.

I want to raise with you what the flashpoints of the moment are, the decisions that the President of the United States has to make now.

I'm going to resist what at least two of you know because you've been kind enough to come to my office repeatedly.

We Americans are easy. Just tell us you love us and we're OK.

Does anybody in here believe this administration is changing work rules in order to be able to pay more people overtime? Let me say that again. Does anybody believe the Secretary of Labor, and this President of the United States, backed by…

I would like to see something come through here, not directing the States but directing the Federal Government to set down the priorities and the standards by which funding would be made available.

Not a damn one of them is secure.