We saw the lightning and that was the guns and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood falling; and when we came to get in the crops, it was dead men that we reaped.
HARRIET TUBMANI have heard their groans and sighs, and seen their tears, and I would give every drop of blood in my veins to free them.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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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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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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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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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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 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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You’ll be free or die!
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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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I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can’t say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.
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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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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 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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