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Clarence Thomas — Portrait after a picture by Steve Petteway, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

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Clarence Thomas

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991

born 1948

6 quotes, most often on Race.

While the romanticized ideal of universal public education resonates with the cognoscenti who oppose vouchers, poor urban families just want the best education for their children, who will certainly need it to function in our high-tech and advanced society.
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
- Education
I don’t believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights.
- Race
There can be no doubt that racial paternalism and its unintended consequences can be as poisonous and pernicious as any other form of discrimination.
Adarand Constructors v. Peña (1995)
- Race
Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.
I am a man, a black man, an American.
I Am a Man, a Black Man, an American (1998)
- America
- Race
I come to state that I’m a man, free to think for myself and do as I please.
I Am a Man, a Black Man, an American (1998)
- Freedom
- Thinking

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