The Constitution contains no 'dignity' Clause, and even if it did, the government would be incapable of bestowing dignity. ... Slaves did… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
I believe that there is a moral and constitutional equivalence between laws designed to subjugate a race and those that distribute benefits… — 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
Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause, then it can regulate virtually anything-and the Federal Government is no longer one… — 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
Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. That [affirmative action] programs… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
The Constitution, in addition to delegating certain enumerated powers to Congress, places whole areas outside the reach of Congress' regulatory authority. The… — 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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