Leah Ward Sears Quotes

• 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.

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  Leah Ward Sears

  Country   Mean   Technology  

  "Georgia High Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears". "News & Notes" with Ed Gordon, www.npr.org. August 2, 2005.

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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.

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  Leah Ward Sears

  Growing Up   African American   Important  

  "Georgia High Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears". "News & Notes" with Ed Gordon, www.npr.org. August 2, 2005.

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• A mother is a mother all of your life,but a father is a father only when he has a wife.

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  Leah Ward Sears

  Marriage   Mother   Father  

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• I'd like to see marriage count again among African-Americans and not just in the society in general.

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  Leah Ward Sears

  Marriage   African American  

  "Georgia High Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears". "News & Notes" with Ed Gordon, www.npr.org. August 2, 2005.

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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.

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  Leah Ward Sears

  Faith   Two   People  

  "Georgia High Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears". "News & Notes" with Ed Gordon, www.npr.org. August 2, 2005.

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