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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
Elections
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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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Lawyers advocate more so than state their own positions.
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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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Resolutions are flying like snowflakes around here.
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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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I beat a brain tumor.
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My change in party will enable me to be re-elected.
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The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.
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Neither this nation nor this party can afford a candidate so captive to the demands of the intolerant right that we end up re-electing a president of the incompetent left.
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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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Stability means respecting precedents.
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The best way to reduce the cost of medical care is to reduce the illness.
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I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans.
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The extremists took over the primary process.
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I don't expect people to agree with all my votes.
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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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It's inspirational to see someone who is dying smile.
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If you can get people to laugh, you can get people to listen.
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My tenure in the Senate was really as an independent and whichever, regardless of party label.
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