Never wound a snake; kill it.
HARRIET TUBMANI started with this idea in my head, “There’s two things I’ve got a right to, death or liberty.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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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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 started with this idea in my head, “There’s two things I’ve got a right to, death or liberty.
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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 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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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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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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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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Oh, Lord! You’ve been with me in six troubles, don’t desert me in the seventh!
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You’ll be free or die!
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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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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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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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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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