Famous Quotes

"Pennsylvania is a very tough state people don't last long in Pennsylvania politics."

Arlen Specter on Politics

More quotes about Politics

• "Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future."

  John F. Kennedy on Politics

• "Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress but I repeat myself."

  Mark Twain on Politics

• "One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."

  Plato on Politics

• "If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand."

  Milton Friedman on Politics

• "It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."

  Joseph Stalin on Politics

More quotes by Arlen Specter

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

• "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."

• "I do come from a strong family."

• "The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written."

• "The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens."