Mr. Biden: I first got involved in public life because of the civil rights movement. I'd attend seven-thirty mass at my church, then I'd go to another morning service at the AME church in Delaware. The black church. The spiritual home of the black experience that helped redeem the soul of the nation, literally.

[a liar until the very end]

Mr. Biden: My dad used to say the greatest sin of all is the abuse of power.

Mr. Biden: We must hold on to hope. We must stay engaged. We must always keep the faith in a better day to come. I'm not going anywhere. I'm not kiddin'.