I agree with the (Supreme Court's) holding that racial discrimination in higher education admissions will be illegal in 25 years. They are… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
I was smart enough to use pot without getting caught, and now I'm on the Supreme Court. If you were stupid enough… — 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
The White House said today that Judge Clarence Thomas, President Bush's Supreme Court nominee, had smoked marijuana while in college. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
I've probably given more speeches, been on TV more than any other member of the Court - or almost any other member… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
I would walk into the Carnegie Library and I would see the pictures of Booker T. and pictures of Frederick Douglass and… — 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