Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas is the second African American to serve in the Supreme Court of the United States, being handpicked and nominated by former President George H. W. Bush back in 1991 after a 16-month service at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He is also notable for serving as the Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), maintaining the role for eight years from 1982 to 1990 after being appointed by former President Ronald Reagan.

Thomas received his Juris Doctor degree at Yale Law School in 1974, after graduating as Cum Laude in English Literature at the College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, Massachusetts) in 1971.

And I don't think that government has a role in telling people how to live their lives. Maybe a minister does, maybe your belief in God does, maybe there's another set of moral codes, but I don't think government has a role.Clarence Thomas

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.Clarence Thomas

I think, though, if I had to look at the role of government and what it does in people's lives, I see the EEOC as having much more legitimacy than the others, if properly run.Clarence Thomas

My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal.Clarence Thomas

My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations or you had responsibilities, and when you fulfilled those obligations or responsibilities, that then gave you the liberty to do other things.Clarence Thomas

Oh, I don't think Tom Sowell would tell anybody to join the administration. That's not his style. But I think his attitude has always been if it had to be done he'd prefer me to do it than somebody else.Clarence Thomas

When you look at where the real problems are among minorities in our society, particularly blacks, it's at the bottom. It's the people who are in school systems that don't educate, neighborhoods where there is a lot of crime, drugs, the whole bit.Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas is a famous American judge, who was born on June 23, 1948. As a person born on this date, Clarence Thomas is listed in our database as the 8th most popular celebrity for the day (June 23) and the 23rd most popular for the year (1948).

People born on June 23 fall under the Zodiac sign of Cancer, the Crab. Clarence Thomas is the 194th most popular Cancer.

Aside from information specific to Clarence Thomas' birthday, Clarence Thomas is the 1325th most famous American.

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