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.
HARRIET TUBMANDon’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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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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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I can’t die but once.
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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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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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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 looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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In my dreams and visions, I seemed to see a line, and on the other side of that line were green fields, and lovely flowers, and beautiful white ladies, who stretched out their arms to me over the line, but I couldn’t reach them no-how. I always fell before I got to the line.
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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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Read my letter to the old folks, and give my love to them, and tell my brothers to be always watching unto prayer, and when the good old ship of Zion comes along, to be ready to step aboard.
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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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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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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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