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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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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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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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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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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Farewell, ole Maser, don’t think hard of me, I’m going on to Canada, where all the slaves are 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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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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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 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 link dar’s many a slaveholder’ll git to Heaven. Dey don’t know no better. Dey acts up to de light dey hab.
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I can’t die but once.
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I knew of a man who was sent to the State Prison for twenty-five years. All these years he was always thinking of his home, and counting by years, months, and days, the time till he should be free, and see his family and friends once more.
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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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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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