Clarence Thomas

“I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system.”

“The thing that concerns me is that we're teaching kids that it's okay to be a victim.”

“I am what I am and I'm not changing.”

“This is a circus. It's a national disgrace. And from my standpoint, as a black American, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks who in any way deign to think for themselves...”

“I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights.”

“In my humble opinion, those who come to engage in debates of consequence, and who challenge accepted wisdom, should expect to be treated badly.”

“My grandfather was a man, when he was cut he bled, when he was hungry he ate, and when he went to the trough he drank.”

“I am a man, a black man, an American.”

“Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.”

“It takes a person with a mission to succeed.”

“And I don't think that government has a role in telling people how to live their lives.”

“I have to admit that, you know, I’m not a person who is a fan of government.”

“Rather than challenging the concept of class="highlight">race, we have made it a protected class.”