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It so happens that I'm pro choice.

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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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Wichita
Kansas
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American credibility in the war on terrorism depends on a strong stand against all terrorist acts, whether committed by foe or friend.
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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'm battling cancer. It's another battle I intend to win.
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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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There is no higher value in our society than integrity.
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Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year.
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The Republican Party has moved so far to the right, you can't recognize Mitt Romney. What Mitt Romney will appear in October? Mitt Romney has changed positions more often than a pornographic movie queen.
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If Romney wants to make me responsible for ObamaCare, I've said I would be proud to be responsible for it.
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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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My definition of winning at squash is playing and surviving, and I've never lost a match.
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Stability means respecting precedents.
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The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.
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I really do not make deals.
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I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans.
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The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.
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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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When I'm asked about legacy, I say it's too early to talk about legacy.
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I think it's scandalous that we haven't done more to cure cancer.
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