Quotes by Sojourner Truth

There is a great stir about colored men getting their rights, but not a word about the colored women; and if colored men get their rights, and not colored women theirs, you see, the colored men will be masters over the women, and it will be just as bad as it was before.

That little man in black there, he says women cant have as much rights as men cause Christ wasnt a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.

If women want any rights more than theys got, why dont they just take them, and not be talking about it.

Truth is powerful and it prevails.

Good man! Genuine gentleman! God bless George Thompson, the great-hearted friend of my race.

The Lord gave me Sojourner, because I was to travel up an down the land, showin the people their sins an bein a sign unto them. Afterwards, I told the Lord I wanted another name cause everybody else had two names, and the Lord gave me Truth, because I was to declare the truth to people.

I am not going to die, Im going home like a shooting star.