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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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I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don't think it is the government's rule.
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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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I've never walked out of a room and had a disagreement as to what was said.
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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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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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There is no higher value in our society than integrity.
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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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It's been a great privilege to serve the people of Pennsylvania.
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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'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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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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My definition of winning at squash is playing and surviving, and I've never lost a match.
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'Never give in' was my mindset.
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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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Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.
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Beating the tea party gang is more important than who does the beating.
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I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans.
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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 I supported the stimulus package, I knew that it would not be popular with the Republican Party.
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I'm battling cancer. It's another battle I intend to win.
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