Arlen Specter Quotes on People (13 Quotes)

The American people are entitled to some answers, ... It is not a matter of attaching blame. It is a matter of correcting errors so that we don't have a repetition of 911.

A lot of people have shifted their views, ... People do shift, so there may be an evolution of his thinking.

Bill Weld has gotten tremendous national exposure, and there are a number of people within the Republican Party who may disagree philosophically with Senator Helms, and (Weld) may be rallying a lot of people to his cause.

It has been apparent for some time that the American people are frustrated, sick and tired of the partisan bickering. We have to support the president.

I think there is a consensus on the committee that we do not (support) the criminalization of a large number of people.

You think you're right, but there are a lot of people who think you're wrong. What do you have to lose if you're right

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.

Somatic cell nuclear transfer does not relate to cloning, and the people who call it therapeutic cloning are creating a lot of confusion, because it is not cloning at all, and it certainly is not reproductive cloning,

When we take a look at the budget for the National Institutes of Health at 28 billion, it is, candidly, scandalous that with our resources, our resource capability, research capability in biomedical science, that people are still dying of breast cancer or colon cancer or heart disease.

I'd like the specifics in writing, focusing on why the people whose information was breached couldn't have been notified earlier. Those people are all at risk, and you have a duty to notify them at the earliest possible moment.

If there are back-room assurances and if there are back-room deals ... I think that's a matter that ought to be known by the Judiciary Committee and the American people,

I believe that stem-cell research has enormous hope for the future. But I would point out that I'm joined by Senator Orrin Hatch, a noted conservative. I'm joined by many conservative colleagues on the Republican side of the Senate I'm joined by Mrs. Nancy Reagan and by the vast majority of the American people.

I think if we're to re-establish (the Congress') constitutional role, to control the purse strings, we've got to say that when it comes to local control versus a Washington straitjacket, the people of the United States want the education decisions made in the local school districts, not in the White House.