Quotes by Harriet Tubman

"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."

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"I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it."

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"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."

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"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."

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"Twasn't me, 'twas the Lord! I always told Him, 'I trust to you. I don't know where to go or what to do, but I expect You to lead me,' an' He always did."

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