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

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.

It is hard for the old slave holding spirit to die. But die it must.

Religion without humanity is very poor human stuff.

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.

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.

Let ... individuals make the most of what God has given them, have their neighbors do the same, and then do all they can to serve each other. There is no use in one man, or one nation, to try to do or be everything. It is a good thing to be dependent on each other for something, it makes us civil and peaceable.