"It's fascinating that people, there's so many people now who will make judgments based on what you look like. I'm black, so I'm supposed to think a certain way. I'm supposed to have certain opinions. I don't do that. You don't create a box and put people in and then make a lot of generalizations about them." (60 Minutes interview in 2007)
Thomas: "I think it is always worth it to stand on principle--no matter what the ultimate goal is. Wrong is wrong, even if it was over a penny."
Kroft: "Thomas believes the real issue being fought over during his confirmation was all but unspoken."
Thomas: "The issue was abortion. That's the issue today. I mean we can-"
Kroft: "This whole thing was about abortion?"
Thomas: "Yes, that was the elephant in the room."
Kroft: "In what sense?"
Thomas: "That is the issue that people apparently are so upset about that, uh, you determine the composition of your Supreme Court and your entire federal judiciary, it seems now."
Kroft: "Your opponents were afraid that you might at some point rule against or overturn Roe v Wade."
Thomas: "I have no idea what they thought, but they knew one thing--they weren't in charge of me, so I wasn't going to do their bidding."
"It's fascinating that people, there's so many people now who will make judgments based on what you look like. I'm black, so I'm supposed to think a certain way. I'm supposed to have certain opinions. I don't do that. You don't create a box and put people in and then make a lot of generalizations about them." (60 Minutes interview in 2007)
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Thomas: "I think it is always worth it to stand on principle--no matter what the ultimate goal is. Wrong is wrong, even if it was over a penny."
Kroft: "Thomas believes the real issue being fought over during his confirmation was all but unspoken."
Thomas: "The issue was abortion. That's the issue today. I mean we can-"
Kroft: "This whole thing was about abortion?"
Thomas: "Yes, that was the elephant in the room."
Kroft: "In what sense?"
Thomas: "That is the issue that people apparently are so upset about that, uh, you determine the composition of your Supreme Court and your entire federal judiciary, it seems now."
Kroft: "Your opponents were afraid that you might at some point rule against or overturn Roe v Wade."
Thomas: "I have no idea what they thought, but they knew one thing--they weren't in charge of me, so I wasn't going to do their bidding."