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.
HARRIET TUBMANTwasn’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.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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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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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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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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 freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
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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 started with this idea in my head, “There’s two things I’ve got a right to, death or liberty.
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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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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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Oh, Lord! You’ve been with me in six troubles, don’t desert me in the seventh!
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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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God’s time is always near. He gave me my strength and he set the North Star in the heavens; He meant I should be free.
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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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Now I’ve been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave.
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