We've talked more about civil rights after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than we talked about it before 1964.

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

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

Any discrimination, like sharp turns in a road, becomes critical because of the tremendous speed...

Any discrimination, like sharp turns in a road, becomes critical because of the tremendous speed...

I don't know one of my friends who is considered a conservative who has not...

I don't know one of my friends who is considered a conservative who has not...

But what I believe is that if a person's individual rights or right to be...

But what I believe is that if a person's individual rights or right to be...

The thing that bothered me when I was in college was that I saw myself...

The thing that bothered me when I was in college was that I saw myself...

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

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

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

When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain...

When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain...

Oh, I don't think Tom Sowell would tell anybody to join the administration. That's not...

Oh, I don't think Tom Sowell would tell anybody to join the administration. That's not...

I tend to really be partial to Ayn Rand, and to The Fountainhead and Atlas...

I tend to really be partial to Ayn Rand, and to The Fountainhead and Atlas...

It really bugs me that someone will tell me, after I spent 20 years being...

It really bugs me that someone will tell me, after I spent 20 years being...

The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about...

The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about...

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

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

When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain...

When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain...

I think Juan stopped short - he got halfway to the destination and got off...

I think Juan stopped short - he got halfway to the destination and got off...

I' been very partial to Malcolm X, particularly his self-help teachings.

I' been very partial to Malcolm X, particularly his self-help teachings.

I think segregation is bad, I think it's wrong, it's immoral. I'd fight against it...

I think segregation is bad, I think it's wrong, it's immoral. I'd fight against it...

Even as someone who's labeled a conservative - I'm a Republican I'm black, I'm heading...

Even as someone who's labeled a conservative - I'm a Republican I'm black, I'm heading...

I do think that our freedoms are at risk.

I do think that our freedoms are at risk.

I think, though, if I had to look at the role of government and what...

I think, though, if I had to look at the role of government and what...