Perhaps some are confused because they have stereotypes of how blacks should be and I respectfully decline, as I did in my… — 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… — 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
It really bugs me that someone will tell me, after I spent 20 years being educated, how I'm supposed to think. — 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
I have to admit that I'm one of those people that thinks the dishwasher is a miracle. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
I actually think that I have been fortunate to have had misfortune, because the response, in responding to the misfortune, you develop… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
I think segregation is bad, I think it's wrong, it's immoral. I'd fight against it with every breath in my body, but… — 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
Oh, I don't think Tom Sowell would tell anybody to join the administration. That's not his style. But I think his attitude… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
I think Juan stopped short - he got halfway to the destination and got off the train. He is certainly an excellent… — 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