Beau Biden Quotes
If I'm half as good a dad to my two kids as my dad has been to me and my brother and sister, my kids will be lucky.
Biden, Beau. "Remarks at the Democratic National Convention." Democratic National Convention, 27 Aug. 2008, Pepsi Center, Denver, CO.
What is most interesting about this quotation is not the fact of the corruption, but the blatant manner in which Daley admitted to it. Today, we look back and ask how such blatant, open corruption could be tolerated. At the time, while the public tended to see this as corruption, politicians actually saw it as a healthy part of the system. After all, they argued, we want the best men for high office, and we don’t want them to have large salaries at the expense of the taxpayer. The city needs the insurance, so no taxpayer is hurt if the mayor gives the insurance business to his son. Similarly, 4 decades later, most politicians do not view campaign contributions as corruption while many citizens do. This ethical and moral standard may change just as the steering of insurance contracts did.
Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III was an American politician, lawyer, and officer in the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps from Wilmington, Delaware. He was the eldest of three children from the marriage of U.S. President Joe Biden and his first wife, Neilia Hunter Biden. He served as the 44th Attorney General of Delaware and was a Major in the Delaware Army National Guard.
