I disagree with the prevailing point of view of some black leaders that special treatment for blacks is acceptable. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
A theory deeply etched in our law [is that] a free society prefers to punish the few who abuse the rights of… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about black people, are wrong. — 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
Even as someone who's labeled a conservative - I'm a Republican I'm black, I'm heading up this organization in the Reagan administration… — 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
I was Catholic. You talk about a minority within a minority within a minority: a black Catholic in Savannah, GA. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
If I were a black liberal, I would be hailed, I guess. But I'm not. I mean, I think for myself. I… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
[T]he courts are so willing to assume that anything that is predominantly black must be inferior.... The mere fact that a school… — 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
But I know that the vote of 9 out of 10 black Americans for the Democratic Party or for leftist kinds of… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
Long gone is the time when we opposed the notion that we all looked alike and talked alike. Somehow we have come… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
A good argument diluted to avoid criticism is not nearly as good as the undiluted argument, because we best arrive at truth… — 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
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 Image
I disagree with the prevailing point of view of some black leaders that special treatment for blacks is acceptable. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I' been very partial to Malcolm X, particularly his self-help teachings. — 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 people who… — 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
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