Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter
Arlen Specterwas an American lawyer and politician who served as United States Senator from Pennsylvania. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party. First elected in 1980, he represented his state in the Senate for 30 years...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 February 1930
CountryUnited States of America
lawyer states position
Lawyers advocate more so than state their own positions.
politician statesmen knows
You know, a statesman is a dead politician.
contested daunting facing heavy judicial
We're facing a daunting workload with a very heavy backlog of controversial and contested judicial nominees.
protection gallery amendments
When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration.
judging doe separation
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.
strong health years
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.
priorities doubt terrorism
There is no doubt that our nation's security and defeating terrorism trump all other priorities.
conspiracy senate
There are conspiracies all over the Senate floor on any day!
vote frequency unwelcome
It is with unwelcome frequency that I find myself the deciding vote.
people privilege pennsylvania
It's been a great privilege to serve the people of Pennsylvania.
party independent labels
My tenure in the Senate was really as an independent and whichever, regardless of party label.
giving mindset never-give-in
'Never give in' was my mindset.
long people pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is a very tough state; people don't last long in Pennsylvania politics.
thinking political want
There's nothing in the First Amendment that even remotely talks about spending money for political contests, and to say that an individual can spend as much of his or her own money as he or she wants constitutionally without any limitation, I think is just absurd.