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Arlen Specter
Age: 82 †
Born: 1930
Born: February 12
Died: 2012
Died: October 14
Former United States Senator
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Military Officer
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Wichita
Kansas
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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.
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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.
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Effective security measures do not come cheap.
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The passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93, recognizing the potential danger that the aircraft they were aboard posed to large numbers of innocent Americans, American institutions, and the symbols of American democracy, took heroic and noble action to ensure that the aircraft they were aboard could not be used as a weapon.
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I don't expect people to agree with all my votes.
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It costs about $27 million to win a seat in the United States Senate, so when you win one, you like to sit down.
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To put more American personnel in harm's way without a realistic chance for success is something I'm not in favor of. And a realistic chance for success depends upon having the Iraqis with the will and the ability to fulfill their share of the bargain, and so far they have not.
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No senator's vote, except for the declaration of war or the authorization for the use of force, is more important than the confirmation of a nominee for the Supreme Court for a lifetime appointment.
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When I'm asked about legacy, I say it's too early to talk about legacy.
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My change in party will enable me to be re-elected.
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Heart disease continues to be the number one killer cancer, the number 2 killer, not far behind. The tragic aspect of these deadly diseases is that they could all be cured, I do believe, if we had sufficient funding.
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I think my independence was a big help to getting Judges Roberts and Alito confirmed, and I think that's recognized.
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If you can get people to laugh, you can get people to listen.
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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.
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When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.
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Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.
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When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration.
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I've been in a lot of elections.
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I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don't think it is the government's rule.
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I've never walked out of a room and had a disagreement as to what was said.
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