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."