Character. Character. Character. Speaking from the pulpit of a hushed Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, Joe Biden seemed to be eulogising something bigger than the late US president who lay in a stars and stripes-draped casket before him.
Biden emphasized the strength of character, stating it's more than title or power: 'It's the strength to understand that everyone should be treated with dignity, respect, that everyone, and I mean everyone, deserves an even shot.'
As he gazed around at the former presidents, senators, and congressmen, the 82-year-old Biden reflected on a vanishing age, marking that day as 'the day the Washington of old made its last stand.'
Amidst scripture and tributes to Jimmy Carter, Biden noted: 'We have an obligation to give hate no safe harbor and to stand up to what my dad used to say is the greatest sin of all, the abuse of power.'
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