I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system.
CLARENCE THOMASThe courts are so willing to assume that anything that is predominantly black must be inferior. The mere fact that a school is black does not mean that it is the product of an unconstitutional violation.
More Clarence Thomas Quotes
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The only people who have quick answers don’t have the responsibility of making the decisions.
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I don’t really have the luxury to be bitter. I don’t have the luxury of having negative things in my life.
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It really bugs me that someone will tell me, after I spent 20 years being educated, how I’m supposed to think.
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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.
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I grew up in a religious environment, and I’m proud of it.
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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 the role of a judge and that of a policy maker… Judging requires a certain impartiality.
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I have to admit that I’m one of those people that thinks the dishwasher is a miracle.
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You didn’t think of angels as white or black. They were angels.
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I do think that our freedoms are at risk.
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I actually think that I have been fortunate to have had misfortune, because the response, in responding to the misfortune, you develop in your own life, you develop sort of the tools you need to continue on, or to do better.
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I agree with the (Supreme Court’s) holding that racial discrimination in higher education admissions will be illegal in 25 years. They are illegal now.
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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 enumerated powers.
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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.
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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, the water was the same.
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Today, now, it is time to move forward, a time to look for what is good in others, what is good in our country. It is time to see what we have in common, what we have to share as human beings and citizens.
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