Quotes By 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
I think my independence was a big help to getting Judges Roberts and Alito confirmed, and I think that's recognized.
Arlen Specter
When I supported the stimulus package, I knew that it would not be popular with the Republican Party.
Arlen Specter
My definition of winning at squash is playing and surviving, and I've never lost a match.
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
I have not taken a position on that nuclear option. My view is I'm not going to do anything until I come to that bridge. I'm not going to jump off the bridge until I come to it.
Arlen Specter
Look, the president can discharge all 93 U.S. attorneys for no reason at all, but not for a bad reason.
Arlen Specter
I am opposed to anybody making a decision for you or me or anybody else about what health care plan we should have.
Arlen Specter
As I think through the issue of funding the rebuilding of Iraq, I think about the analogy of a bankruptcy proceeding. There is no doubt that Iraq as a country is bankrupt.
Arlen Specter
When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.
Arlen Specter
It costs about $27 million to win a seat in the United States Senate, so when you win one, you like to sit down.
Arlen Specter