Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomasis an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Thomas succeeded Thurgood Marshall and is the second African American to serve on the court...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSupreme Court Justice
Date of Birth23 June 1948
CityPin Point, GA
CountryUnited States of America
Clarence Thomas quotes about
uncles years complaining
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.
reality law political
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 need to do that.
people black way
The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about black people, are wrong.
attitude responsibility men
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 responsibilities, and when you fulfilled those obligations or responsibilities, that then gave you the liberty to do other things.
college way saws
The thing that bothered me when I was in college was that I saw myself rejecting the way of life that got me to where I was.
change religious decision
In our society, marriage is not simply a governmental institution; it is a religious institution as well, today's decision might change the former, but it cannot change the latter.
real school people
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 in school systems that don't educate, neighborhoods where there is a lot of crime, drugs, the whole bit.
atlas fountainhead
I tend to really be partial to Ayn Rand, and to The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
writing fighting thinking
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 white person to learn how to read and write. The NAACP needs to say that.
law government liberty
Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law.
people done savannah
The absolute worst I have ever been treated, the worst things that have been done to me, the worst things that have been said about me, are by northern liberal elites, not by the people of Savannah, Georgia.
children needs politics
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 children, who will certainly need it to function in our high-tech and advanced society.
grandmother people grandfather
My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal.
religious proud environment
I grew up in a religious environment, and I'm proud of it.