Oh, Lord! You’ve been with me in six troubles, don’t desert me in the seventh!
HARRIET TUBMANWhen I found I had crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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 can’t die but once.
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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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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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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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We out.
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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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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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The good Lord has come down to deliver my people, and I must go and help him.
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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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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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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 had crossed the line. I was free; but, there was no one there to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.
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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 grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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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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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 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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I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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I prayed to God to make me strong and able to fight, and that’s what I’ve always prayed for ever since.
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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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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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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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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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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.
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