Quotes by Leah Ward Sears - Page 1

A mother is a mother all of your life,but a father is a father only when he has a wife.
Leah Ward Sears / Jurist
Marriage
Father
Mother
Wife
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I'd like to see marriage count again among African-Americans and not just in the society in general.
Leah Ward Sears / Jurist
Marriage
African American
Among
Count
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When I was growing up, so many of the important changes for African-Americans were being made in the United States Supreme Court and were being made by lawyers. I followed the court very intensely and wanted to do that for my life.
Leah Ward Sears / Jurist
African American
Court
Growing Up
Important
States
Supreme
Supreme Court
Life Important My Life
Life My Life Important
Followed
Intensely
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I've always been very interested in the struggle for human rights, not just here but abroad, and I wanted to be an inside player in that struggle. I wanted to make the laws reflect our ideals and ideas in this democracy that is America.
Leah Ward Sears / Jurist
Democracy
Human Rights
Ideals
Rights
Struggle
Inside
Abroad
Interested
Reflect
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We need to in this country begin again to raise civil discourse to another level. I mean, we shout and scream and yell and get very little accomplished, but you can disagree very much with the next guy and still be friends and acquaintances.
Leah Ward Sears / Jurist
Technology
Accomplished
Country
Disagree
Mean
Scream
Begin
Acquaintances
Civil
Raise
Shout
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I think people need to commit to one another before they commit to bringing children into the world because that's the optimum arrangement for children, not to take anything at all away from women who have to rear their children by themselves.
Leah Ward Sears / Jurist
Commit
Optimum
Women World People
Arrangement
Bringing
Rear
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I don't think there is such a definition of a perfect family, but I do think that our marriages are in crisis. Our families are in crisis. And I think the African-American family is at one of the worst stages it's been at in a very long time in this country. Fatherlessness is rampant.
Leah Ward Sears / Jurist
African American
Crisis
Time Family Long
Definition
Families
Family Time Long
Marriages
Rampant
Stages
Very Long Time
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I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women - no women, really; maybe two or three women - and very few, fewer than that, African-American women heading in this direction, so there were very few people to look up to. You just had to have faith.
Leah Ward Sears / Jurist
Faith
African American
African American Women
People
Supportive
Two
Direction
Few People
Few Women
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