Quote by Arlen Specter
The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.

The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens. – Arlen Specter

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If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong. – Arlen Specter

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Intelligence
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If we had pursued what President Nixon declared in 1970 as the war on cancer, we would have cured many strains. I think Jack Kemp would be alive today. And that research has saved or prolonged many lives, including mine. – Arlen Specter

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War
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When the students are occupied, theyre not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment. – Arlen Specter

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Education
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Government
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If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists – to protect them and to promote their common welfare – all else is lost. – Barack Obama

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I think, though, if I had to look at the role of government and what it does in peoples lives, I see the EEOC as having much more legitimacy than the others, if properly run. – Clarence Thomas

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Government

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress. – Mark Twain

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Government

I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it. – Martin Sheen

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Government

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Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology. – Mason Cooley

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It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it. – Benjamin Franklin

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