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.
HARRIET TUBMANI prayed to God to make me strong and able to fight, and that’s what I’ve always prayed for ever since.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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When 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.
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We out.
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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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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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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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If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
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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 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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You’ll be free or die!
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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I think there’s many a slaveholder’ll get to Heaven. They don’t know better. They acts up to the light they have.
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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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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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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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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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