Arlen Specter Quotes - Page 2

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.

Stability means respecting precedents.

If Romney wants to make me responsible for ObamaCare, I've said I would be proud to be responsible for it.

There is no higher value in our society than integrity.

Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.

Was the Vietnam conflict a war which should have, as a matter of constitutional law, required a declaration of war by Congress?

There's nothing in the First Amendment that even remotely talks about spending money for political contests, and to say that an individual can spend as much of his or her own money as he or she wants constitutionally without any limitation, I think is just absurd.

If you can get people to laugh, you can get people to listen.

I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans.

My father was an immigrant who literally walked across Europe to get out of Russia. He fought in World War I. He was wounded in action. My father was a great success even though he never had money. He was a very determined man, a great role model.

My change in party will enable me to be re-elected.

I do come from a strong family.

The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.

I think it's scandalous that we haven't done more to cure cancer.

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'?.

I've never walked out of a room and had a disagreement as to what was said.

There is just no sensible, logical reason why we would not make use of stem cell research.

I just was not going to subject my record to the bleak prospects of a primary election.

You know, a statesman is a dead politician.

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.

I am opposed to anybody making a decision for you or me or anybody else about what health care plan we should have.

The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.

Whatever my party affiliation, I will continue to be guided by President Kennedy's statement that sometimes party asks too much.

It so happens that I'm pro choice.

I think my independence was a big help to getting Judges Roberts and Alito confirmed, and I think that's recognized.