Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. Clarence Thomas More Quotes by Clarence Thomas More Quotes From Clarence Thomas Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words. Clarence Thomas But it turned out that through all of that, ultimately the biggest impediment was the modern-day liberal, they were the ones who would discount all those things because they have one issue or because they have the power to caricature you. Clarence Thomas This is a circus. It's a national disgrace. And from my standpoint as a Black American, as far as I'm concerned, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity Blacks, who in any way deign to think for themselves, and it is a message that unless you kowtow to an old order, this is what will happen to you. You will be lynched, destroyed, caricatured, by a committee of the U.S. Senate rather than hung from a tree. Clarence Thomas There's been some talk... that the vaccinations are efficacious in preventing some degree of infection to others. Clarence Thomas I think the media makes it sound as though you are just always going right to your personal preference, so if they think you are anti-abortion or something personally, they think that’s the way you always will come out. They think you’re for this or for that. They think you become like a politician. That’s a problem. You’re going to jeopardize any faith in the legal institutions. Clarence Thomas Theres different sets of rules for different people, if you criticize a black person whos more liberal, youre a racist whereas if you can do whatever to me -- or now, Ben Carson -- and thats fine because youre not really black because youre not doing what we expect black people to do. Clarence Thomas
