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 criticaldiscriminationeconomy Change image and share on social
My grandparents had died in 1983, and suddenly my brother is out jogging before Mass, and he dies. Clarence Thomas brotherdiegrandparent Change image and share on social
I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights. Clarence Thomas americafoundgroup Change image and share on social
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. Clarence Thomas badbodybreath share on social
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. Clarence Thomas benddrinkfact Change image and share on social
I grew up in a religious environment, and I'm proud of it. Clarence Thomas environmentgrowproud Change image and share on social
I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system. Clarence Thomas groupsympatheticsystem Change image and share on social
I'd been very partial to Malcolm X, particularly his self-help teachings. Clarence Thomas malcolmpartialteaching Change image and share on social
But what I believe is that if a person's individual rights or right to be a part of our economic system is violated under statute, we aggressively go after it. But we don't issue mandates to businesses that you've got to do this and you've got to do that. Clarence Thomas aggressivelybusinesseconomic share on social
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 americanblackdemocratic Change image and share on social