Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
HARRIET TUBMANEvery great dream begins with a dreamer.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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 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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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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I said to the Lord, I’m going to hold steady on to you, and I know you will see me through.
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I had reasoned this out in my mind; there was on of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other; for no man should take me alive.
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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 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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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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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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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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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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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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God’s time is always near. He gave me my strength and he set the North Star in the heavens; He meant I should be free.
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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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