Quotes from Arlen Specter

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.

I don't like labels. I think they conceal more than they reveal, sort of like a bikini.

There is no doubt that our nation's security and defeating terrorism trump all other priorities.

If Romney wants to make me responsible for ObamaCare, I've said I would be proud to be responsible for it.

'Never give in' was my mindset.

I beat a brain tumor.

We don't need holy wars. What we need is tolerance and brotherhood and simple humanity.

People in government and public life are being kicked around at a high rate of speed.

The best way to reduce the cost of medical care is to reduce the illness.

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.

Americans' addiction to sports, with the NFL at the top, is based on the excitement generated by the potential for the unexpected great play which can only happen with honest competition from great athletes.

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

Stability means respecting precedents.

My mother, Lillie Specter, was an angel and totally uninterested in politics.

It costs about $27 million to win a seat in the United States Senate, so when you win one, you like to sit down.

Whatever my party affiliation, I will continue to be guided by President Kennedy's statement that sometimes party asks too much.

You know, a statesman is a dead politician.

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.

There is no higher value in our society than integrity.

We're all looking for a plan that will work. The current plan is not working, and 21,500 additional troops -- it's a snowball in July. It's not going to work.

I am opposed to anybody making a decision for you or me or anybody else about what health care plan we should have.

When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.

I just was not going to subject my record to the bleak prospects of a primary election.

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.