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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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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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The best way to reduce the cost of medical care is to reduce the illness.
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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 I'm asked about legacy, I say it's too early to talk about legacy.
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If you can get people to laugh, you can get people to listen.
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My change in party will enable me to be re-elected.
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Beating the tea party gang is more important than who does the beating.
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'Never give in' was my mindset.
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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 fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.
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I beat a brain tumor.
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Resolutions are flying like snowflakes around here.
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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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It's been a great privilege to serve the people of Pennsylvania.
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Stability means respecting precedents.
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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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My definition of winning at squash is playing and surviving, and I've never lost a match.
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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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I don't expect people to agree with all my votes.
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