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!
HARRIET TUBMANIf I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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 am at peace with God and all mankind.
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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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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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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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The good Lord has come down to deliver my people, and I must go and help him.
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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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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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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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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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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 think there’s many a slaveholder’ll get to Heaven. They don’t know better. They acts up to the light they have.
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