Quote

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.

Arlen Specter

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Arlen Specter
Age: 82 †
Born: 1930
Born: February 12
Died: 2012
Died: October 14
Former United States Senator
Lawyer
Military Officer
Politician
Wichita
Kansas
Looking
Snowball
Working
Additional
Going
July
Work
Troops
Current
Currents
Plan
Plans

More quotes by Arlen Specter

Image
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'?.
Arlen Specter
Image
Effective security measures do not come cheap.
Arlen Specter
Image
I've been in a lot of elections.
Arlen Specter
Image
I really do not make deals.
Arlen Specter
Image
'Never give in' was my mindset.
Arlen Specter
Image
I think it's scandalous that we haven't done more to cure cancer.
Arlen Specter
Image
My change in party will enable me to be re-elected.
Arlen Specter
Image
To put more American personnel in harm's way without a realistic chance for success is something I'm not in favor of. And a realistic chance for success depends upon having the Iraqis with the will and the ability to fulfill their share of the bargain, and so far they have not.
Arlen Specter
Image
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.
Arlen Specter
Image
The best way to reduce the cost of medical care is to reduce the illness.
Arlen Specter
Image
When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.
Arlen Specter
Image
When I supported the stimulus package, I knew that it would not be popular with the Republican Party.
Arlen Specter
Image
I don't expect people to agree with all my votes.
Arlen Specter
Image
The extremists took over the primary process.
Arlen Specter
Image
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.
Arlen Specter
Image
I beat a brain tumor.
Arlen Specter
Image
If Romney wants to make me responsible for ObamaCare, I've said I would be proud to be responsible for it.
Arlen Specter
Image
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.
Arlen Specter
Image
When I'm asked about legacy, I say it's too early to talk about legacy.
Arlen Specter
Image
It is with unwelcome frequency that I find myself the deciding vote.
Arlen Specter