All Clarence Thomas Quotes
- Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. That [affirmative action] programs may have been… Action
- I believe that there is a moral and constitutional equivalence between laws designed to subjugate a race and those that distribute benefits on the basis… Based
- If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause, then it can regulate virtually anything-and the Federal Government is no longer one of limited and… Clause
- While the romanticized ideal of universal public education resonates with the cognoscenti who oppose vouchers, poor urban families just want the best education for their… Advanced
- The job of a judge is to figure out what the law says, not what he wants it to say. There is a difference between… Certain
- I'd been very partial to Malcolm X, particularly his self-help teachings. Been
- I grew up in a religious environment, and I'm proud of it. Environment
- People get bent out of shape about the fact that when I was a kid, you could not drink out of certain water fountains. Well,… Bent
- We've talked more about civil rights after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than we talked about it before 1964. Act
- You didn't think of angels as white or black. They were angels. Angel
- Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot. Best
- I'd grown up fearing the lynch mobs of the Ku Klux Klan; as an adult I was starting to wonder if I'd been afraid of… Adult
- My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations or you had… Attitude
- 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. You… Any
- And I don't think that government has a role in telling people how to live their lives. Maybe a minister does, maybe your belief in… Another Set
- And I thank God I believe in God, or I would probably be enormously angry right now. Angry
- My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal. Barely
- I certainly have some very strong libertarian leanings, yes. Inspirational
- I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system. All
- It really bugs me that someone will tell me, after I spent 20 years being educated, how I'm supposed to think. Bugs
- But what I believe is that if a person's individual rights or right to be a part of our economic system is violated under statute,… Aggressively
- 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 - I can… Administration
- 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 of… Always Fight
- Unfortunately, the reality was that, for political reasons or whatever, there was a need to enforce antidiscrimination laws, or at least there was a perceived… Antidiscrimination
- 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 are… Among