Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomasis an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Thomas succeeded Thurgood Marshall and is the second African American to serve on the court...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSupreme Court Justice
Date of Birth23 June 1948
CityPin Point, GA
CountryUnited States of America
responsibility people decision
The only people who have quick answers don't have the responsibility of making the decisions.
believe equality race
I believe that there is a moral and constitutional equivalence between laws designed to subjugate a race and those that distribute benefits on the basis of race in order to foster some current notion of equality.... In my mind, government-sponsored racial discrimination based on benign prejudice is just as noxious as discrimination inspired by malicious prejudice.
thinking government people
And I don't think that government has a role in telling people how to live their lives. Maybe a minister does, maybe your belief in God does, maybe there's another set of moral codes, but I don't think government has a role.
smart stupid years
I was smart enough to use pot without getting caught, and now I'm on the Supreme Court. If you were stupid enough to get caught, that's your problem. Your appeal is denied. This 40 year sentence just might teach you a lesson.
inspirational education integrity
Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.
philosophy believe rights
I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights.
great tease
He is a great man. There is nothing I could say to tease him.
american-judge malcolm partial
I' been very partial to Malcolm X, particularly his self-help teachings.
affirm appears hold name parole placed program structured time
We hold that the program , as it appears to have been structured at the time (Harper) was placed on it, differed from parole in name only, ... and affirm the (appeals court's) decision.
american-judge among came concerned leadership people
I came from the people that they're leading; I didn't come from the leadership ranks, I came from among the people I'm most concerned about.
character dignity good man strength
a good man who epitomized fairness, dignity and strength of character.