Sojourner Truth

"I have been fourty years a slave and forty years free, and would be here forty years more to have equal rights for all."

"The same good Lord that is for any body else is for me."

"My peoples have been a long time robbed of their labor."

"I do the work of a man, but did not get so much pay."

"I believe in work, honest work, all my days."

"I am as capable as any man to do any work that is to be done."

"The Lord has given me some message, and I must tell it."

"I feel as strong this day as ever I did in my life."

"I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me!"

"Keep steady, and when you get through, you will find it is very good."

"If life is a hard battle as we all know, to fight and to win it requires all we've got."

"I have ploughed, I have reaped without getting the flowers."

"I am a pretty strong advocate for women's rights."

"I go round the country, adopting new truths."

"Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him."

"I have been called many names since I have been in this country."

"Well, I'll tell you what I think. I think that 'women's rights' is going to be the next great question."

"I have come to declare to the world that I am a woman's rights advocate."

"I am glad that the solitude in which I find myself does not prevent my working for those who are yet in captivity."

"I wanted my freedom, and I got it through a long struggle."

"I feel this spirit that tells me to speak for the rights of women."

"I have felt the sting of slavery, and I know it is painful."

"I believe that I can do a great deal of good in the world yet."

"My soul goes out to those who are suffering under the weight of injustice."

"I have raised my children, and they have grown up to be good people."

"I am not a woman that is going to be put down by anybody."

"I feel that I have a mission in life, and that is to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves."

"I have been a slave, and I know what it is like to have no rights."

"I believe that every person has the right to be treated with dignity and respect."

"I am going to go on speaking the truth, no matter what anybody says about me."