Joe Biden delivered a speech in Delaware this morning and afterward took questions from reporters. He had several answers that were “quote of the day” worthy. Among them:

The words of a president matter. Even a lousy president.

“When my son volunteered to join the United States military, as the attorney general, and went to Iraq for the year — won the bronze star and other accommodations — he wasn’t a sucker. When my son was an assistant U.S. Attorney who volunteered to go to Kosovo while the war was going on, as a civilian, he wasn’t a sucker. The service men and women he served with, particularly those who did not come home, were not losers.”

Here’s the entire speech and news conference from NBC News: