I am for keeping the thing going while things are stirring. Because if we wait till it is still, it will take a great while to get it going again.
SOJOURNER TRUTHObliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain’t got nothing more to say.
More Sojourner Truth Quotes
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And ar’n’t I a woman?
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It is hard for the old slave holding spirit to die. But die it must.
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Christ came from God and a woman. Man had nothing to do with him.
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Truth is powerful and it prevails.
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You have been having our rights so long, that you think, like a slave-holder, that you own us. I know that it is hard for one who has held the reins for so long to give up; it cuts like a knife. It will feel all the better when it closes up again.
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We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.
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If my cup won’t hold but a pint and yourn holds a quart, wouldn’t ye be mean not to let me have my little half-measure full?
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It is the mind that makes the body.
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I am glad to see that men are getting their rights, but I want women to get theirs, and while the water is stirring, I will step into the pool.
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The rich rob the poor and the poor rob one another.
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Christ came from God and a woman. Man had nothing to do with him.
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Truth burns up error.
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Then I will speak upon the ashes.
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I feel safe even in the midst of my enemies; for the truth is powerful and will prevail.
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I have done a great deal of work, as much as a man, but did not get so much pay. I used to work in the field and bind grain, keeping up with the cradler; but men doing no more, got twice as much pay. We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.
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