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Arlen Specter
Age: 82 †
Born: 1930
Born: February 12
Died: 2012
Died: October 14
Former United States Senator
Lawyer
Military Officer
Politician
Wichita
Kansas
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How many members of Congress go face the people in a town meeting and are prepared to answer questions from the floor. That to me is the real litmus test.
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I do come from a strong family.
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It's been a great privilege to serve the people of Pennsylvania.
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My definition of winning at squash is playing and surviving, and I've never lost a match.
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When the president acts in absence of a congressional grant of authority, he can rely only upon his own independent powers. When the president takes measures incompatible with the express or implied will of Congress, his power is at its lowest ebb.
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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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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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Resolutions are flying like snowflakes around here.
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It so happens that I'm pro choice.
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The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.
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There is no higher value in our society than integrity.
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I think it's scandalous that we haven't done more to cure cancer.
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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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When I supported the stimulus package, I knew that it would not be popular with the Republican Party.
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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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I don't expect people to agree with all my votes.
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I really do not make deals.
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Effective security measures do not come cheap.
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'Never give in' was my mindset.
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The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision rejected Congress' findings and its method of reasoning, .. Is there any real justification for the court's denigrating Congress' 'method of reasoning'?.
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