I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
HARRIET TUBMANI can’t die but once.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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I started with this idea in my head, “There’s two things I’ve got a right to, death or liberty.
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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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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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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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Read my letter to the old folks, and give my love to them, and tell my brothers to be always watching unto prayer, and when the good old ship of Zion comes along, to be ready to step aboard.
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I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can’t say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.
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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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I can’t die but once.
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I think slavery is the next thing to hell. If a person would send another into bondage, he would, it appears to me, be bad enough to send him into hell if he could.
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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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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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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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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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It wasn’t me, it was 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,’ and He always did.
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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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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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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 grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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We out.
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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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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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I am at peace with God and all mankind.
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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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I prayed to God to make me strong and able to fight, and that’s what I’ve always prayed for ever since.
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