Arlen Specter

The best way to reduce the cost of medical care is to reduce the illness.

— Arlen Specter

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

— Arlen Specter

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.

— Arlen Specter

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

— Arlen Specter

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

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

— Arlen Specter

Resolutions are flying like snowflakes around here.

— Arlen Specter

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.

— Arlen Specter

There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset.

— Arlen Specter

When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.

— Arlen Specter

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

— Arlen Specter

It's inspirational to see someone who is dying smile.

— Arlen Specter

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.

— Arlen Specter

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.

— Arlen Specter

It's inspirational to see someone who is dying smile.

— Arlen Specter

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.

— Arlen Specter