In my dreams and visions, I seemed to see a line, and on the other side of that line were green fields, and lovely flowers, and beautiful white ladies, who stretched out their arms to me over the line, but I couldn’t reach them no-how. I always fell before I got to the line.
HARRIET TUBMANI never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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Twasn’t me, ’twas the Lord! I always told Him, ‘I trust to you. I don’t know where to go or what to do, but I expect You to lead me,’ an’ He always did.
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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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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang – one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
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When I found I had crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything.
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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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Pears like my heart go flutter, flutter, and then they may say, ‘Peace, Peace,’ as much as they likes – I know it’s goin’ to be war!
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I have heard their groans and sighs, and seen their tears, and I would give every drop of blood in my veins to free them.
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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 looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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