The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about black people, are wrong. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
It would seem that some black people want to say that when you, as a black, become successful, you cease to be… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
There are so many people who have this idea of who I am because I'm black. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
I love being around people who work with their hands, who do the hard things to keep our country going. They're just… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
I have to admit that I'm one of those people that thinks the dishwasher is a miracle. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
The only people who have quick answers don't have the responsibility of making the decisions. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
A judge should be evaluated by whether he faithfully upholds his oath to God, not to the people, to the state or… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
People get bent out of shape about the fact that when I was a kid, you could not drink out of certain… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
I'd grown up fearing the lynch mobs of the Ku Klux Klan; as an adult I was starting to wonder if I'd… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
And I don't think that government has a role in telling people how to live their lives. Maybe a minister does, maybe… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
When you look at where the real problems are among minorities in our society, particularly blacks, it's at the bottom. It's the… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
I think, though, if I had to look at the role of government and what it does in people's lives, I see… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
My job is to write opinions. I decide cases and write opinions. It is not to respond to idiocy and critics who… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
The absolute worst I have ever been treated, the worst things that have been done to me, the worst things that have… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
You have a number of choices. You could continue to always fight against people who are really distractions. They're people in the… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
It's fascinating that people, there's so many people now who will make judgments based on what you look like. I'm black. So… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
Merely because I was black, it seemed, I was supposed to listen to Hugh Maskela instead of Carole King, just as I… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
I hear people say it affected your self-esteem to be segregated. It never affected mine. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
You have a number of choices. You could continue to always fight against people who are really distractions. They're people in the cheap seats… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share
I disagree with the prevailing point of view of some black leaders that special treatment for blacks is acceptable. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share
My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations or you… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share
Perhaps some are confused because they have stereotypes of how blacks should be and I respectfully decline, as I did in my youth, to… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share
The Constitution does not vest in Congress the authority to protect society from every bad act that might befall it…[I]f followed to its logical… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share
The job of a judge is to figure out what the law says, not what he wants it to say. There is a difference… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share
Differences in race, differences in sex, somebody doesn’t look at you right, somebody says something. Everybody is sensitive. If I had been as sensitive… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share
A theory deeply etched in our law [is that] a free society prefers to punish the few who abuse the rights of free speech… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share
I don't know one of my friends who is considered a conservative who has not had to go back and thoroughly think through everything.… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share
I' been very partial to Malcolm X, particularly his self-help teachings. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share
When you look at where the real problems are among minorities in our society, particularly blacks, it's at the bottom. It's the people who… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share
The only people who have quick answers don't have the responsibility of making the decisions. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share
Today, now, it is time to move forward, a time to look for what is good in others, what is good in our country.… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share
The Constitution contains no 'dignity' Clause, and even if it did, the government would be incapable of bestowing dignity. ... Slaves did not lose… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share
There's a difference between someone who's 'harsh' and someone who is 'hard.' Life was hard. You lived in the South, as my grandparents did,… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share
