Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

Quote by Clarence Thomas

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I certainly have some very strong libertarian leanings, yes.

I certainly have some very strong libertarian leanings, yes.

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I have to admit that I'm one of those people that thinks the dishwasher is...

I have to admit that I'm one of those people that thinks the dishwasher is...

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...

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...

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

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

When you look at where the real problems are among minorities in our society, particularly...

When you look at where the real problems are among minorities in our society, particularly...

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...

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...

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...