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Editor’s note: This is an excerpt of remarks Justice Clarence Thomas delivered Wednesday at the University of Texas, Austin, to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence:
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
An excerpt of our conversation, below, has been edited and condensed for clarity.
From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026
"I would have been afraid of the stares, those damned stares that a woman of my generation has always had to deal with," she explained in an excerpt published by the newspaper.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
During the event, Gumbley read an excerpt of Laurence Binyon's poem For The Fallen and later met the King at a reception for VJ veterans and their families.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
One thing we had going for us was an excerpt from this book that ran in Rolling Stone in April 1999.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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