I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
HARRIET TUBMANI link dar’s many a slaveholder’ll git to Heaven. Dey don’t know no better. Dey acts up to de light dey hab.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.
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If you are tired, keep going. If you are scared, keep going. If you are hungry, keep going. If you want to taste freedom, keep going.
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Oh, Lord! You’ve been with me in six troubles, don’t desert me in the seventh!
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We saw the lightning and that was the guns and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood falling; and when we came to get in the crops, it was dead men that we reaped.
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I had crossed the line. I was free; but, there was no one there to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.
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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
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Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
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The good Lord has come down to deliver my people, and I must go and help him.
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I am at peace with God and all mankind.
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Now I’ve been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave.
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If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there’s shouting after you, keep going. Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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The Lord who told me to take care of my people meant me to do it just as long as I live, and so I did what he told me.
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