Arlen Specter Quotes

United States, Politician
February 12, 1930 – October, 14, 2012.

Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as United States Senator for Pennsylvania. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party. First elected in 1980, he represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate for 30 years.

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

Arlen Specter
- Responsibility
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

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
- Work
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
- House
- March
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
Resolutions are flying like snowflakes around here.

Arlen Specter
- Like
- Flying
- Here
There is just no sensible, logical reason why we would not make use of stem cell research.

Arlen Specter
- Why