Summary: Promises to Keep E-Book

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• Herausgeber: Political Book Summaries
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 17

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

The must-read summary of Joe Biden's book: “Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics”.

This complete summary of "Promises to Keep" by Joe Biden, outgoing Vice President of the United States, presents his account of how the guiding principles he learned early in life are the foundations on which he has based his life’s work as husband, father, and public servant. He tells a remarkable story of overcoming personal tragedy to continue to act with honesty and integrity.

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To learn more, read "Promises to Keep" and discover how Joe Biden's guiding principles kept him on the path of honesty and decency throughout his political career.

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Book Presentation: Promises to Keep by Joe Biden

Book Abstract

As a United States senator from Delaware since 1973, Joe Biden has been an intimate witness to the major events of the past four decades and in Promises to Keep, Biden reveals what these experiences taught him about himself, his colleagues, and the institutions of government.

Biden explains how the guiding principles he learned early in life – the obligation to work to make people’s lives better, to honor family and faith, to get up and do the right thing no matter how hard you’ve been knocked down, to be honest and straightforward, and, above all, to keep your promises – are the foundations on which he has based his life’s work as husband, father, and public servant.

About the Author

Joe Biden is one of the longest serving Senators in U.S. history and one of the nation’s most influential voices when it comes to terrorism, foreign policy, and crime prevention. He also teaches a seminar on constitutional law at Widener University School. Senator Biden is currently a 2008 candidate for President of the United States.

Summary of Promises to Keep (Joe Biden)

Formative Years

“Joe Impedimenta. My classmates hung that nickname on me the first semester of high school when we were doing two periods of Latin a day.”

Impedimenta is Latin for the baggage that impedes one’s progress. For a young Joe Biden, growing up Catholic in Pennsylvania and Delaware, life was filled with athletic feats and adventures, but a minor speech impediment set him apart from his classmates. The dread the future senator felt for speaking in public, however, would feed a fierce determination to overcome his stutter. In many ways, Biden’s speech impediment would prove to be a godsend.