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A lifetime of public service defining modern American leadership, from the Senate to the White House.

The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes

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bySeamus Heaney
199096 Pages

History says, don't hope / On this side of the grave. / But then, once in a lifetime / The longed-for tidal wave / Of justice can rise up, / And hope and history rhyme.

Joe Biden

Source: 2020 Democratic National Convention Acceptance Speech

The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats

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byW. B. Yeats
1996544 Pages

My colleagues always kid me about quoting Irish poets all the time. They think I do it because I'm Irish. I do it because they're the best poets.

Joe Biden

Source: Remarks at the 2022 Kennedy Center Honorees Reception

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