Quotes by Harriet Tubman

“I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.”

“I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.”

“I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.”

“I looked at my hands, to see if I was the same person now that I was free. There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through the trees, and over de fields, and I felt like I was in heaven.”

“I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.”

“I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.”

“I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.”

“Never wound a snake; kill it.”

“Quakers almost as good as colored.... They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.”

“If you are tempted to lose patience with your fellowman; stop and think how patient God has been with you.”

“Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit.”

“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.”

“Youll be free or die!”

“Forever Free: Abraham Lincolns Journey to Emancipation.”

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.

I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer

There was one of two things I had a right to: liberty or death. If I could not have one, I would have the other; for now man should take me alive.

I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.

Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living.