Civil rights Quote by Sojourner Truth

“I am above eighty years old ... I suppose I am about the only colored woman that goes about to speak for the rights of the colored women. I want to keep the thing stirring, now that the ice is cracked.” quote by Sojourner Truth — Download Open image

“I am above eighty years old ... I suppose I am about the only colored woman that goes about to speak for the rights of the colored women. I want to keep the thing stirring, now that the ice is cracked.”

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I feel safe even in the midst of my enemies; for the truth is powerful and will prevail.

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God is the great house that holds all his children; we dwell in Him as the fishes dwell in the seas.

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I feel safe in the midst of my enemies, for the truth is all powerful and will prevail.

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When I got religion, I found some work to do to benefit somebody.

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I am for keeping the thing going while things are stirring. Because if we wait till it is still, it will take a great…

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The rich rob the poor and the poor rob one another.

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“You may hiss as much as you please, but women will get their rights anyway”

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Then I will speak upon the ashes.

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