Every single great idea that has marked the 21st century, the 20th century and the 19th century has required government vision and government incentive.

It(Boston Bombings) was worth it to hear you(survivor speakers) speak.

It is my view that we cannot conduct foreign policy at the extremes.

There's never been A day in the last four years I've been proud to be his Vice President. Not a single day.

Apologized for saying Barack Obama was clean and articulate.

I used to stand in front of the mirror in my bedroom. I shared a bedroom - like a lot of people in my era, in my neighborhood - with my two brothers and an uncle. And I'd stand there in front of the mirror over the dresser and I would practice: meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views of Cicero, Bacon and Baba.

We also wanted to change the story - change the approach to the 21st century on energy, on education, on transportation, on infrastructure, generally, and it laid the groundwork for that. And one of the reasons I'm doing this trip is not only to say what we did worked, but to say we should do more of this.