Tom Campbell Clark (September 23, 1899-June 13, 1977) was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1949-67, having been appointed by President Truman.
He was circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, 1967-77; and U.S. Attorney General, 1945-49, a position held later by his son, Ramsey Clark. Justice Tom Campbell Clark stated:
<The Founding Fathers believed devoutly that there was a God and that the unalienable rights of man were rooted-not in the state, nor the legislature, nor in any other human power-but in God alone.> 1899TC001
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1899TC001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Tom Campbell Clark, Supreme Court Justice. Herbert V. Prochnow, 5100 Quotations for Speakers and Writers (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1992), p. 343.