Top 84 Quotes by 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.

But one way or another, judges perform a very vital function in our society. They have a risky job and they are entitled to security.

Separation of power says the judiciary committee is supposed to confirm qualified judges and then what the Supreme Court does, that is their function, not my function.

The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.

My tenure in the Senate was really as an independent and whichever, regardless of party label.

I'm battling cancer. It's another battle I intend to win.

I ran for president in 1996.

When Pat Robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state, I say he is wrong.

I've been playing squash almost daily for 38 years.

You know, a statesman is a dead politician.