I would walk into the Carnegie Library and I would see the pictures of Booker T. and pictures of Frederick Douglass and I would read. I would go into the Savannah Public Libraries in the stacks and see all of the newspapers from all over the country. Did I dream that I would be on the Supreme Court? No. But I dreamt that there was a world out there that was worth pursuing.
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 the wrong white people all along … - Clarence Thomas
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 the wrong white people all along …
- Clarence Thomas
I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights. - Clarence Thomas
I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights.
I was smart enough to use pot without getting caught, and now I'm on the Supreme Court. If you were stupid enough to get caught, that's your problem.… - Clarence Thomas
I was smart enough to use pot without getting caught, and now I'm on the Supreme Court. If you were stupid enough to get caught, that's your problem.…
But I know that the vote of 9 out of 10 black Americans for the Democratic Party or for leftist kinds of policies just is not reflective of their opi… - Clarence Thomas
But I know that the vote of 9 out of 10 black Americans for the Democratic Party or for leftist kinds of policies just is not reflective of their opi…
While the romanticized ideal of universal public education resonates with the cognoscenti who oppose vouchers, poor urban families just want the best… - Clarence Thomas
While the romanticized ideal of universal public education resonates with the cognoscenti who oppose vouchers, poor urban families just want the best…
I'm not an Uncle Tom. . .. I'm going to be here for 40 years. For those who don't like it, get over it. - Clarence Thomas
I'm not an Uncle Tom. . .. I'm going to be here for 40 years. For those who don't like it, get over it.
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 say … - Clarence Thomas
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 say …
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 you don't need to sit next to a … - Clarence Thomas
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 you don't need to sit next to a …
We've talked more about civil rights after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than we talked about it before 1964. - Clarence Thomas
We've talked more about civil rights after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than we talked about it before 1964.
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