Harriet Tubman Quotes
"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."
- Harriet Tubman
(Related: Death, Liberty, Mind, Right)
"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."
- Harriet Tubman
(Related: Freedom, Land)
"I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it."
- Harriet Tubman
(Related: Experience, Liberty)
"I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves."
- Harriet Tubman
"I can't die but once."
- Harriet Tubman
"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."
- Harriet Tubman
(Related: Change, Dream, Strength, Passion, Patience, Stars, World)
"I never lost a passenger."
- Harriet Tubman
"Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time."
- Harriet Tubman
(Related: Time, Trust, Friends, Quakers)
"I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger."
- Harriet Tubman
(Related: Years)
"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."
- Harriet Tubman
(Related: Time, Strength, Fight, Liberty)
"If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more."
- Harriet Tubman
"Lord, I'm going to hold steady on to You and You've got to see me through."
- Harriet Tubman
"Never wound a snake; kill it."
- Harriet Tubman
"I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger."
- Harriet Tubman
"You'll be free or die!"
- Harriet Tubman