Quote by Harriet Tubman
I had crossed the line. I was free but there was no one to welcome

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

Other quotes by Harriet Tubman

We saw the lightning and that was the guns and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood falling; and when we came to get in the crops, it was dead men that we reaped. – Harriet Tubman

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War
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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time. – Harriet Tubman

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Trust
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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. – Harriet Tubman

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strength
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Freedom
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In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility – I welcome it. – John F. Kennedy

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Freedom

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do. – Charles Schumer

Category:
Freedom

To be able to love and live in freedom means to be able to make godly decisions. To make godly decisions we have to surrender our egos and all the falsity and shame that goes with it. – James McGreevey

Category:
Freedom

We all have the right of freedom of speech under the First Amendment. We all dont have to agree with one another on our opinions. Everyone in my circle, that I run around with, we all feel the same about God, country, integrity and character. – Luke Scott

Category:
Freedom

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It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily. – Martin Scorsese

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Change

I used to smoke two packs a day and I just hate being a nonsmoker…. but I will never consider myself a nonsmoker because I always find smokers the most interesting people at the table. – Michelle Pfeiffer

Category:
Smoking

When scattered clouds are resting on the bosoms of hills, it seems as if one might climb into the heavenly region, earth being so intermixed with sky, and gradually transformed into it. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

Category:
Sky & Clouds

When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do. – Darryl Dawkins

Category:
Basketball