Quotes of Clarence Thomas - somelinesforyou

“ Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot. ”

- Clarence Thomas

“ I grew up in a religious environment, and I’m proud of it. I was going to be a priest; I’m proud of it. And I thank God I believe in God, or I would probably be enormously angry right now. ”

- Clarence Thomas

“ And I thank God I believe in God, or I would probably be enormously angry right now. ”

- Clarence Thomas

“ The state can't undo the harm that was done, but I feel very strongly that if there is any role for the state, it is to protect us from others. ”

- Clarence Thomas

“ I tend to really be partial to Ayn Rand, and to The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. ”

- Clarence Thomas

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

- Clarence Thomas

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

- Clarence Thomas

“ When you prevent somebody from participating in our free society and the economics of our free society, I have some real problems. ”

- Clarence Thomas

“ 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. ”

- Clarence Thomas

“ 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. ”

- 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 opinions. ”

- Clarence Thomas

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

- Clarence Thomas

“ 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. ”

- Clarence Thomas

“ The state can't undo the harm that was done, but I feel very strongly that if there is any role for the state, it is to protect us from others. ”

- Clarence Thomas

“ 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. ”

- 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 that conservatives don't exactly break their necks to tell blacks that they're welcome. ”

- Clarence Thomas

“ Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot. ”

- Clarence Thomas

“ The state can't undo the harm that was done, but I feel very strongly that if there is any role for the state, it is to protect us from others. ”

- Clarence Thomas

“ When you prevent somebody from participating in our free society and the economics of our free society, I have some real problems. ”

- Clarence Thomas

“ Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot. ”

- Clarence Thomas

“ Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot. ”

- Clarence Thomas

“ Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot. ”

- Clarence Thomas

“ 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. ”

- Clarence Thomas

“ When you prevent somebody from participating in our free society and the economics of our free society, I have some real problems. ”

- Clarence Thomas

“ Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot. ”

- Clarence Thomas

“ 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. ”

- Clarence Thomas

“ I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights. ”

- Clarence Thomas

“ When you prevent somebody from participating in our free society and the economics of our free society, I have some real problems. ”

- Clarence Thomas

“ I do think that our freedoms are at risk. ”

- Clarence Thomas
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