I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
HARRIET TUBMANI said to the Lord, I’m going to hold steady on to you, and I know you will see me through.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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It wasn’t me, it was 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,’ and He always did.
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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 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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I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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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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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 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 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 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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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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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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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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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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I can’t die but once.
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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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