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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.

Clarence Thomas

I have to admit that I’m one of those people that thinks the dishwasher is a miracle.
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Improvement Magic Myself People Thinking
To define each of us by our race is nothing short of a denial of our humanity.
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Deep Human Humanity Ourselves Race
Oh, I don’t think Tom Sowell would tell anybody to join the administration. That’s not his style. But I think his attitude has always been if it had to be done he’d prefer me to do it than somebody else.
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Administration Attitude Myself Thinking
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.
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Change Decision Government Institution Marriage Ourselves Society
When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain neighborhoods because of the color of our skin Now the neighborhoods are the neighborhoods of ideas, youre not supposed to be there because of the color of your skin.
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Children Color Ideas Myself Skin Yourself
The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about black people, are wrong.
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Black Creation Fantasy Growth People Wrong
Religious liberty is about freedom of action in matters of religion generally, and the scope of that liberty is directly correlated to the civil restraints placed upon religious practice.
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Action Freedom Liberty Place Religious
I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system.
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Myself Old Run Sympathy System
I grew up in a religious environment, and I’m proud of it.
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Environment Growth Myself Proud Religious
I certainly have some very strong libertarian leanings, yes.
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Education Learning Liberty Myself Strong
I was never a liberal. I was radical. I was cynical. I was negative. But, I was never a liberal. I always saw that as too lukewarm for me.
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Liberty Myself Negative Radical
You didn’t think of angels as white or black. They were angels.
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Angel Black Thinking White Yourself
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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Development Fortunate Life Myself Respond Thinking Tools
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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Children Drink Fact Funny Myself People Water
I do think that our freedoms are at risk.
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Freedom Myself Ourselves Risk Thinking
So many of our conversations (about affirmative action) have been dishonest
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Action Conversation Honesty Ourselves

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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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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