Clarence Thomas

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• 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

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• The unexamined life is not worth living.

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