The conventional wisdom going into the hearings for (high court nominees Clarence) Thomas and (Robert) Bork was that they were going to get confirmed. One (Thomas) was barely confirmed, and the other was resoundingly defeated.

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There can be no doubt that racial paternalism and its unintended consequences can be as poisonous and pernicious as any other form of discrimination

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The job of a judge is to figure out what the law says, not what he wants it to say. There is a difference between the role of a judge and that of a policy maker... Judging requires a certain impartiality.

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From the beginning, the placement of [Clarence] Thomas on the high court was seen as a political end justifying almost any means. The full sto...

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Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

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Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognise, respect, and protect us as equal before the law.

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Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot

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

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

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Government cannot make us equal it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law.

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