“We may be opponents but we are not enemies. We are americans.”
Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDmTJXtfiKM
“To make progress, we must stop treating our opponents as our enemy. We are not enemies. We are Americans.”
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiLR4sCgvnc
Context: But now, let’s give each other a chance.
It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric.
To lower the temperature.
To see each other again.
To listen to each other again.
To make progress, we must stop treating our opponents as our enemy.
We are not enemies. We are Americans.
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