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Quote by Arlen Specter
If we had pursued what President Nixon declared in 1970 as the war

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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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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Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bushs austere budget for the next fiscal year. – Arlen Specter

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Only the dead have seen the end of war. – Plato

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In war, you win or lose, live or die – and the difference is just an eyelash. – Douglas MacArthur

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No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time. – Henry Kissinger

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I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And the other was a trench runner who survived the war. The average life span of a trench runner was 36 hours, but he survived the whole war. – Ben Barnes

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