When I left the house of bondage I left everything behind. I wasn't going to keep nothing of Egypt on me, an' so I went to the Lord an' asked him to give me a new name. And he gave me Sojourner because I was to travel up and down the land showing the people their sins and bein' a sign unto them. I told the Lord I wanted two names 'cause everybody else had two, and the Lord gave me Truth, because I was to declare the truth to the people.
I feel safe even in the midst of my enemies; for the truth is powerful and will prevail. - Sojourner Truth
I feel safe even in the midst of my enemies; for the truth is powerful and will prevail.
- Sojourner Truth
And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman?… - Sojourner Truth
And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman?…
If women want any rights more than they's got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it? - Sojourner Truth
If women want any rights more than they's got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it?
Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my lif… - Sojourner Truth
Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my lif…
Truth is powerful and it prevails. - Sojourner Truth
Truth is powerful and it prevails.
If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, an… - Sojourner Truth
If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, an…
Then that little man in black there, he says women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman! Where did your Christ come from? W… - Sojourner Truth
Then that little man in black there, he says women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman! Where did your Christ come from? W…
Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit. - Sojourner Truth
Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.
I am above eighty years old; it is about time for me to be going. I have been forty years a slave and forty years free and would be here forty years … - Sojourner Truth
I am above eighty years old; it is about time for me to be going. I have been forty years a slave and forty years free and would be here forty years …
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