I don’t read such small stuff as letters, I read men and nations. I can see through a millstone, though I can’t see through a spelling-book. What a narrow idea a reading qualification is for a voter!
SOJOURNER TRUTHI feel safe even in the midst of my enemies; for the truth is powerful and will prevail.
More Sojourner Truth Quotes
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And ain’t I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain’t I a woman?
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I did not run away, I walked away by daylight….
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And ar’n’t I a woman?
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Truth is powerful and it prevails.
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Christ came from God and a woman. Man had nothing to do with him.
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I am glad to see that men are getting their rights, but I want women to get theirs, and while the water is stirring, I will step into the pool.
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Christ came from God and a woman. Man had nothing to do with him.
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If my cup won’t hold but a pint and yourn holds a quart, wouldn’t ye be mean not to let me have my little half-measure full?
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Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.
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You have been having our rights so long, that you think, like a slave-holder, that you own us. I know that it is hard for one who has held the reins for so long to give up; it cuts like a knife. It will feel all the better when it closes up again.
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Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain’t got nothing more to say.
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I feel safe even in the midst of my enemies; for the truth is powerful and will prevail.
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Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life’s light to be determined by the darkness around me.
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Where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter.
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It is the mind that makes the body.
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