Quotes By Arlen Specter

It's been a great privilege to serve the people of Pennsylvania.

If Romney wants to make me responsible for ObamaCare, I've said I would be proud to be responsible for it.

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.

Fundraising is very, very time-consuming.

There's nothing in the First Amendment that even remotely talks about spending money for political contests, and to say that an individual can spend as much of his or her own money as he or she wants constitutionally without any limitation, I think is just absurd.

I think my independence was a big help to getting Judges Roberts and Alito confirmed, and I think that's recognized.

The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.

I've made a career of being precise.

There's a great public disinclination toward politicians.

When I supported the stimulus package, I knew that it would not be popular with the Republican Party.

My definition of winning at squash is playing and surviving, and I've never lost a match.

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

My father was an immigrant who literally walked across Europe to get out of Russia. He fought in World War I. He was wounded in action. My father was a great success even though he never had money. He was a very determined man, a great role model.

Separation of power says the judiciary committee is supposed to confirm qualified judges and then what the Supreme Court does, that is their function, not my function.

There are conspiracies all over the Senate floor on any day!

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.

Look, the president can discharge all 93 U.S. attorneys for no reason at all, but not for a bad reason.

I beat a brain tumor.

It's inspirational to see someone who is dying smile.

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.

When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.

I've been in a lot of elections.

Lawyers advocate more so than state their own positions.

It costs about $27 million to win a seat in the United States Senate, so when you win one, you like to sit down.