Robert Patrick Casey Sr. Quotes

• I am fairly certain that my abortion position hurt me, because in a Democratic primary, where turnout is relatively low, liberal voters turn out in disproportionately large numbers and thus exercise a disproportionate influence on the outcome.

  Robert Patrick Casey Sr.

  Topics in Influence

  Tags in Hurt

• I am convinced that this approach, a mainstream Democratic approach, commands the strong support of the American people, and presents a sharp and compassionate contrast to the Republican abortion position which offers no real hope or commitment to mother or child.

  Robert Patrick Casey Sr.

  Topics in Mother

  Tags in Hope

• However, we might oppose it, abortion is a sad feature of modern life.

  Robert Patrick Casey Sr.

  Topics in Sad

  Tags in Modern

• From the beginning, each human embryo has its own unique genetic identity.

  Robert Patrick Casey Sr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Human, Unique

• For almost twenty years, abortion policy in America has been controlled by the courts.

  Robert Patrick Casey Sr.

  Topics in America

  Tags in Policy

• By rejecting abortion-on-demand, we can move our party back to the mainstream.

  Robert Patrick Casey Sr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Back, Party

• As I discovered, even the governor of a major state who holds pro-life views can be denied a hearing at his party’s convention without the national media protesting it.

  Robert Patrick Casey Sr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in State, Party

• Any man who has ever tried to use political power for the common good has felt an awful sense of powerlessness.

  Robert Patrick Casey Sr.

  Topics in Power

  Tags in Political

• Advocates of unrestricted abortion do not want the public to focus on these undeniable facts of fetal development, but the facts cannot be ignored.

  Robert Patrick Casey Sr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Focus, Public

• Abortion on demand, throughout the full nine months of a pregnancy, for virtually any reason, became public policy in the United States of America. No other developed democracy had, or has, such a permissive abortion regime.

  Robert Patrick Casey Sr.

  Topics in America, Democracy

• Abortion on demand has, in my judgment, contributed significantly to an environment in our country in which life has become very cheap.

  Robert Patrick Casey Sr.

  Topics in Country

  Tags in Judgement

• Abortion is the ultimate violence.

  Robert Patrick Casey Sr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Violence, Abortion

• Abortion is defended today as a means of ensuring the equality and independence of women, and as a solution to the problems of single parenting, child abuse, and the feminization of poverty.

  Robert Patrick Casey Sr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Women, Single

• Abortion is a question of choice.

  Robert Patrick Casey Sr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Choice, Abortion

• A vast abortion industry, generating some half a billion dollars annually, sprang into existence in the wake of Roe and Doe.

  Robert Patrick Casey Sr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Existence, Industry

• A 1990 Gallup poll found that 77 percent of Americans polled said abortion was the taking of human life. I agree, and believe that taking the life on an innocent child is unjust.

  Robert Patrick Casey Sr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Believe, Human

Robert Patrick Casey Sr. (36)

Birth:	9th January, 1932
Death:	30th May, 2000
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician, Lawyer

About

Robert Patrick "Bob" Casey, Sr. was an American politician from Pennsylvania. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 42nd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1995. He previously served as a state senator and Auditor General of Pennsylvania.

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