Quotes By Arlen Specter
We don't need holy wars. What we need is tolerance and brotherhood and simple humanity.
Arlen Specter
Americans' addiction to sports, with the NFL at the top, is based on the excitement generated by the potential for the unexpected great play which can only happen with honest competition from great athletes.
Arlen Specter
There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset.
Arlen Specter
As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate.
Arlen Specter
The solicitor general is sometimes referred to as the 10th Supreme Court justice - a pretty important position.
Arlen Specter
When Pat Robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state, I say he is wrong.
Arlen Specter
The Supreme Court has a very light backlog. They leave a lot of splits among the circuits, a lot of uncertainty. And I think they ought to work a lot harder.
Arlen Specter
The American people do not care which Party solves the problems confronting our nation.
Arlen Specter
The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.
Arlen Specter
If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong.
Arlen Specter
It's a rarity when someone takes a political risk in Washington today in the public interest.
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