I did not run away, I walked away by daylight….

I don't read such small stuff as letters, I read men and nations. I can see through a millstone, though I can't see through a spelling-book. What a narrow idea a reading qualification is for a voter!

I have done a great deal of work, as much as a man, but did not get so much pay. I used to work in the field and bind grain, keeping up with the cradler; but men doing no more, got twice as much pay.... We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.

And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?

I did not run away, I walked away by daylight….

Oh no, honey, I can’t read little things like letters. I read big things like men.

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