Joe Biden on United States
← Back to Joe Biden Profile
“This country wasn't built by Wall Street bankers and CEOs and hedge fund managers. It was built by the American middle class”
In 2015, then-Vice President Biden asserted the foundational importance of human rights to American leadership when engaging with global powers like China.
“No president of the United States could represent the United States were he not committed to human rights. If you don't understand this, you can't deal with us.”
“For too long in this society, we have celebrated unrestrained individualism over common community. For too long as a nation, we have been lulled by the anthem of self-interest... We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society, for nothing suffocates the promise of America more than unbounded cynicism and indifference.”