Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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.
I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
The Lord who told me to take care of my people meant me to do it just as long as I live, and so I did what he told me.
I am at peace with God and all mankind.
I grew up like a neglected weed, ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it. Then I was not happy or contented: every time I saw a white man I was afraid of being carried away.