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Arlen Specter
American
Politician
About the author
If we had pursued what President Nixon declared in 1970 as the war on cancer, we would have cured many strains. I think Jack Kemp would be alive today. And that research has saved or prolonged many lives, including mine.
Arlen Specter,
American
Politician
#Today
#War
#President
#Cancer
#Research
#Nixon
The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.
Arlen Specter,
American
Politician
#Government
#Purpose
The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.
Arlen Specter,
American
Politician
#Democracy
Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.
Arlen Specter,
American
Politician
#Democracy
#Voting
We are not utilizing the Iraqi oil for U.S. purposes. We are not asking that the Iraqi oil be used to pay our military expenses. We are asking only that the Iraqi oil be used to rebuild Iraq - that is, to rebuild Iraq for the Iraqi people.
Arlen Specter,
American
Politician
#People
#Iraq
#Military
#Oil
When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.
Arlen Specter,
American
Politician
#Education
#Students
#Investment
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.
Arlen Specter,
American
Politician
#Time
#Play
#Independence
#Country
#Defense
#Intelligence
#Assertiveness
I must say I am not pleased to have to arrange the Senate schedule around the availability of Senators who are running for President.
Arlen Specter,
American
Politician
#President
#Senate
#Running
#Senators
Effective security measures do not come cheap.
Arlen Specter,
American
Politician
#Security
There is no doubt that our nation's security and defeating terrorism trump all other priorities.
Arlen Specter,
American
Politician
#Security
#Nation
#Doubt
#Priorities
#Terrorism
As I think through the issue of funding the rebuilding of Iraq, I think about the analogy of a bankruptcy proceeding. There is no doubt that Iraq as a country is bankrupt.
Arlen Specter,
American
Politician
#Country
#Iraq
#Doubt
Heart disease continues to be the number one killer; cancer, the number 2 killer, not far behind. The tragic aspect of these deadly diseases is that they could all be cured, I do believe, if we had sufficient funding.
Arlen Specter,
American
Politician
#Heart
#Cancer
#Disease
As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate.
Arlen Specter,
American
Politician
#Sound
#Constitution
#Doctrine
American credibility in the war on terrorism depends on a strong stand against all terrorist acts, whether committed by foe or friend.
Arlen Specter,
American
Politician
#War
#American
#Friend
#Credibility
#Terrorism