Top 84 Quotes by Arlen Specter

You know, a statesman is a dead politician.

Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year.

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

I beat a brain tumor.

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

I have not taken a position on that nuclear option. My view is I'm not going to do anything until I come to that bridge. I'm not going to jump off the bridge until I come to it.

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 do not represent the Republican Party.

The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.