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“Clarence Thomas is the best only at his ability to bootlick for Ronald Reagan and George Bush… They didn't pick him because he was black. They picked him because he's a black conservative. And the thing that bothers me about his appointment -- if they had put David Duke on, I wouldn't scream as much because they would look at David Duke and reject him for what he is. If you gave Clarence Thomas a little flour on his face, you'd think you had David Duke talking.”

Inside Washington, July 7, 1991.
Quoington Star article entitled "Has President Nixon Gone Crazy?"

“Don't count out Marian Wright Edelman, because there is talk that President Clinton may want to shock the nation by putting a real black on the Supreme Court.”

Carl Rowan, Inside Washington (March 20, 1993).
Quoington Star article entitled "Has President Nixon Gone Crazy?"

“You don't really talk about it in terms of the U. N., you talk about it in terms of the United States and the Soviet Union. If you cannot, by diplomacy, bring the Soviet Union into an alliance with the U. S. to stop this situation it is not going to be stopped.”

Inside Washington, March 6, 1993.
Quoington Star article entitled "Has President Nixon Gone Crazy?"