Arlen Specter

When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration. ”

Big money is ruining the political system. ”

It's a rarity when someone takes a political risk in Washington today in the public interest. ”

There's a great public disinclination toward politicians. ”

Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns. ”

The essence of a democracy is a free electorate. ”

I think my independence was a big help to getting Judges Roberts and Alito confirmed, and I think that's recognized. ”

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. ”

There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset. ”

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