Arlen Specter

The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.

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

American credibility in the war on terrorism depends on a strong stand against all terrorist acts, whether committed by foe or friend.

Trying to rebuild Afghanistan on the cheap has left the country in the hands of warlords and an impotent Northern Alliance puppet regime that runs Kabul and nothing else.

Now, what that means is that there is fundamental indeterminacy from quantum mechanics, but besides that there are other sources of effective indeterminacy.

We know: of course, with regard to the market and similar social structures, a great many facts which we cannot measure and on which indeed we have only some very imprecise and general information.