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For a time we wondered why our real father didn't come and rescue us, but we had long since accepted our fate by the time we finally met him.

— Clarence Thomas My Grandfather's Son (2008)

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I could only choose between being an outcast and being dishonest.

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I often had occasion to remind myself in years to come that self-interest isn't a principle- it's just self-interest.

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I come to state that I'm a man, free to think for myself and do as I please.

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An education is meaningless unless it equips students to have a better life.

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The government cannot bestow dignity, and it cannot take it away.

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