Clarence Thomas Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I think Juan stopped short - he got halfway to the destination and got off the train. He is certainly an excellent writer and a good person, but I'm not a nationalist.”

“My job is to write opinions. I decide cases and write opinions. It is not to respond to idiocy and critics who make statements that are unfounded. That doesn't mean that people shouldn't have constructive criticisms, but it should be constructive.”

“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 do a lot of soul-searching - 'cause we are not going to win any popularity contests.”

“I certainly have some very strong libertarian leanings, yes.”

“I'd been very partial to Malcolm X, particularly his self-help teachings.”

“The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about black people, are wrong.”

“It really bugs me that someone will tell me, after I spent 20 years being educated, how I'm supposed to think.”

“We've talked more about civil rights after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than we talked about it before 1964.”

“Any discrimination, like sharp turns in a road, becomes critical because of the tremendous speed at which we are traveling into the high-tech world of a service economy.”

“I disagree with the prevailing point of view of some black leaders that special treatment for blacks is acceptable.”