Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Leah Ward Sears

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Last updated on September 19, 2024.

Leah Ward Sears is an American jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Sears was the first African-American female chief justice of a state supreme court in the United States. When she was first appointed as justice in 1992 by Governor Zell Miller, she became the first woman and youngest person to sit on Georgia's Supreme Court.

American - Lawyer | Born: June 13, 1955

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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.

Leah Ward Sears

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

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

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

Leah Ward Sears

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

Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Leah Ward Sears

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