462 Quotes by Arlen Specter

In our free society, anyone can speak out as they choose on any subject. I am concerned that the Roberts nomination, or others to follow, may provide an occasion for such advertising to get out of hand, ... The NARAL television advertisement is blatantly untrue and unfair. ...

I should stay away from a discussion of specific cases,

I think that we ought to have more women on the court. Two is a bare minimum. We really ought to have more,

I've been searching for a way that we might have President Clinton's side of the matter in a professional way, and I'm continuing to explore that. The committee is not disposed to inviting him because of the sensitivity of inviting a former president and the potential for a circus-like atmosphere,

ill-suited to capture the nuance of oral arguments and the sustained attention of the American citizenry.

I think that Judge Roberts may have a real chance to bring the court together based on the personality which I have seen, if he is confirmed,

I'll have greater confidence in your telling me I'm wrong when you have all the facts,

I understand that you were sent over in a very limited capacity, with perhaps the calculation that you didn't have this information,

I think that it would be very, very difficult for the president to explain that, in the context of information leading up to why that would be so,