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Arlen Specter Quotes

1930–2012 United States

Arlen J. Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011.

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Also known as: Specter, Arlen

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

Resolutions are flying like snowflakes around here.

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.

I would suggest respectfully to the president that he is not the sole decider. The decider is a shared and joint responsibility.

There ought to be a million-person march on the Mall... that can be heard in the living quarters of the White House.

You testified this morning, in response to Senator Biden, that the most embarrassing question involved — and this is not too bad — women’s large breasts. That is a word we use all the time.

I didn't want to get into a political debate with him, but my patience was running thin...My shorts were getting a little tight.

We will submit legislation to the United States Senate which will...authorize the Congress to undertake judicial review of those signing statements with the view to having the president’s acts declared unconstitutional.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Arlen Specter (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.