“For much too long we have sacrificed personal excellence and moral values for the mere accumulation of material things….we have celebrated unrestrained individualism over common community. For too long as a nation, we have been lulled by the anthem of self-interest.”
~Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States
As U.S. Senator, announcing his candidacy as a Democratic presidential primary candidate (10 June 1987) Wilmington Delaware, via “Presidential Candidacy Announcement,” C-SPAN II [video-42:26, cited excerpt begins 34:07]; online via C-SPAN, www.c-span.org