Oh, Lord! You’ve been with me in six troubles, don’t desert me in the seventh!
HARRIET TUBMANI 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.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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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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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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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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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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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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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
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I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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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 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 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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If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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