Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
race humanity denial
To define each of us by our race is nothing short of a denial of our humanity.
groups get-away sympathetic
I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system.
action conversation affirmative
So many of our conversations (about affirmative action) have been dishonest
courage truth justice
A good argument diluted to avoid criticism is not nearly as good as the undiluted argument, because we best arrive at truth through a process of honest and vigorous debate. Arguments should not sneak around in disguise, as if dissent were somehow sinister... For it is bravery that is required to secure freedom.
thinking risk
I do think that our freedoms are at risk.
thinking people miracle
I have to admit that I'm one of those people that thinks the dishwasher is a miracle.
religious proud environment
I grew up in a religious environment, and I'm proud of it.
government politics congress
If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause, then it can regulate virtually anything-and the Federal Government is no longer one of limited and enumerated powers.
thinking ideas long
Long gone is the time when we [blacks] opposed the notion that we all looked alike and talked alike. Somehow we have come to exalt the new black stereotype above all and demand conformity to that norm.... [However], I assert my right to think for myself, to refuse to have my ideas assigned to me as though I was an intellectual slave because I'm black.
weed marijuana college
The White House said today that Judge Clarence Thomas, President Bush's Supreme Court nominee, had smoked marijuana while in college.
grandmother people grandfather
My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal.
strong libertarian very-strong
I certainly have some very strong libertarian leanings, yes.
fighting numbers people
You have a number of choices. You could continue to always fight against people who are really distractions. They're people in the cheap seats of life. Or you can do what you went there to do.
cynical negative saws
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.