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'Never give in' was my mindset.

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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 really do not make deals.
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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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