Christ came from God and a woman. Man had nothing to do with him.
SOJOURNER TRUTHWe do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.
More Sojourner Truth Quotes
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This is beautiful indeed; the colored people have given this to the head of the government, and that government once sanctioned laws that would not permit its people to learn enough to enable them to read this book.
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It is hard for the old slave holding spirit to die. But die it must.
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Religion without humanity is very poor human stuff.
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If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.
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Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.
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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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And ain’t I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain’t I a woman?
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The Spirit calls me, and I must go.
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I did not run away, I walked away by daylight….
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Truth burns up error.
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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.
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Then that little man in black there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men, ’cause Christ wasn’t a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.
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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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Oh no, honey, I can’t read little things like letters. I read big things like men.
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