Arlen Specter quotes

Resolutions are flying like snowflakes around here. (Arlen Specter)

We're all looking for a plan that will work. The current plan is not working, and 21,500 additional troops -- it's a snowball in July. It's not going to work.

Arlen Specter

There is just no sensible, logical reason why we would not make use of stem cell research.

Arlen Specter

I would suggest respectfully to the president that he is not the sole decider. The decider is a shared and joint responsibility.

Arlen Specter

We will submit legislation to the United States Senate which will...authorize the Congress to undertake judicial review of those signing statements with the view to having the president's acts declared unconstitutional.

Arlen Specter

I didn't want to get into a political debate with him, but my patience was running thin...My shorts were getting a little tight.

Arlen Specter

There ought to be a million-person march on the Mall... that can be heard in the living quarters of the White House.

Arlen Specter

We don't need holy wars. What we need is tolerance and brotherhood and simple humanity.

Arlen Specter

The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.

Arlen Specter

The best way to reduce the cost of medical care is to reduce the illness.

Arlen Specter

There is no doubt that our nation's security and defeating terrorism trump all other priorities. (Arlen Specter)

There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset.

Arlen Specter

As the Republican Party has moved farther and farther to the right, I have found myself increasingly at odds with the Republican philosophy and more in line with the philosophy of the Democratic Party.

Arlen Specter

I'm battling cancer. It's another battle I intend to win.

Arlen Specter

Effective security measures do not come cheap.

Arlen Specter

I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don't think it is the government's rule.

Arlen Specter

I knew people were going to see me see deteriorate before their eyes.

Arlen Specter

When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration.

Arlen Specter

If we had pursued what President Nixon declared in 1970 as the war on cancer, we would have cured many strains. I think Jack Kemp would be alive today. And that research has saved or prolonged many lives, including mine.

Arlen Specter

But one way or another, judges perform a very vital function in our society. They have a risky job and they are entitled to security.

Arlen Specter

The extremists took over the primary process. (Arlen Specter)

I really do not make deals.

Arlen Specter

I must say I am not pleased to have to arrange the Senate schedule around the availability of Senators who are running for President.

Arlen Specter

Cannibals are devouring senators.

Arlen Specter

American credibility in the war on terrorism depends on a strong stand against all terrorist acts, whether committed by foe or friend.

Arlen Specter

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Arlen Specter

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Occupation: American Politician
Born: February 12, 1930
Died: October 14, 2012
Quotes count: 76
Wikipedia: Arlen Specter

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