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I've been in a lot of elections.

Arlen Specter

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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
Politician
Wichita
Kansas
Elections
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If you can get people to laugh, you can get people to listen.
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Was the Vietnam conflict a war which should have, as a matter of constitutional law, required a declaration of war by Congress?
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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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Beating the tea party gang is more important than who does the beating.
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It's inspirational to see someone who is dying smile.
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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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The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.
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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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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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When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration.
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We are not utilizing the Iraqi oil for U.S. purposes. We are not asking that the Iraqi oil be used to pay our military expenses. We are asking only that the Iraqi oil be used to rebuild Iraq - that is, to rebuild Iraq for the Iraqi people.
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The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.
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I don't expect people to agree with all my votes.
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There is no higher value in our society than integrity.
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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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When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.
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I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans.
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It is with unwelcome frequency that I find myself the deciding vote.
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'Never give in' was my mindset.
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My tenure in the Senate was really as an independent and whichever, regardless of party label.
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