Harriet Tubman

"I have heard their groans and sighs, and seen their tears, and I would give every drop of blood in my body to free them."

"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."

"There is one of two things I have a right to, liberty or death; if I cannot have one, I will have the other."

"I had reasoned this out in my mind; there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death."

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer."

"I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted."

"I have nothing to do with anybody's prejudices. If people are good to me, I am good to them."

"I have crossed the river and landed on the other side."

"If you are tired, keep going; if you are scared, keep going; if you are hungry, keep going."

"Lord, change this wicked heart of mine."

"I can die at any moment, but I cannot stop to please anybody."

"My people must bury me like a soldier dead."

"I would rather die than be a slave."

"God's time is always right."

"I was determined to know God myself."

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

"Slavery is the next thing to hell."

"I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger."

"I felt as if I should die if I lost one; they all go or none go."

"Let my people go."

"I ask no favors for my race but what is right."

"Trust in God and keep your powder dry."

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

"I had crossed the line. I was free but there was no one to welcome me to that land of freedom."

"We all have stones to carry."

"The greatest evil this nation ever tolerated was the buying and selling of human souls."

"I would rather be a corpse than remain enslaved."

"Life is precious."

"I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs."

"I wanted to taste freedom, and I got it."