Arlen Specter

The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.

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

The Supreme Court has a very light backlog. They leave a lot of splits among the circuits, a lot of uncertainty. And I think they ought to work a lot harder.

They said I couldn't play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York.

A flat-rate poll tax would be politically unsustainable; even with a rebate scheme, the package would have an unacceptable impact on certain types of household.

The American people need no course in philosophy or political science of church history to know that God should not be made into a celestial party chairman.