 I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves. |
| Never wound a snake; kill it. |
| 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. |
| Lord, I'm going to hold steady on to You and You've got to see me through. |
| 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 looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came up like gold through the trees, and I felt like I was in heaven. |
| You'll be free or die! |
| I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it. |
| I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger. |
| I can't die but once. |
| 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. |
| If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more. |
| Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time. |
| I never lost a passenger. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
