462 Quotes by Arlen Specter

I'm intrigued by his concept of a dialogue among equals,

I think it's been a chaotic process, very candidly.

biggest challenge of the year and perhaps the decade.

I have no reason to catalogue him as an ideologue.

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

As the record shows, I have supported every one of President Bush's nominees in the Judiciary Committee and on the Senate floor. I have never and would never apply any litmus test on the abortion issue and, as the record shows, I have voted to confirm Chief Justice (William) Rehnquist, Justice (Sandra Day) O'Connor, and Justice (Anthony) Kennedy and led the fight to confirm Justice (Clarence) Thomas.

I'm not sure that $1.6 trillion is precisely the right figure. Perhaps it is, if more of that was devoted to the lower income groups.

It continues to be my hope that both leaders would liberate their caucuses from party-line voting,

As the president ponders the nominee to replace Sandra Day O'Connor, it is my hope that there will be a balance maintained on the court.