Harriet Tubman — "I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the la…"

"I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say — I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger."

"I must be going on, for I have a long journey before me."

"I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person now that I was free. There was such a glory over everything."

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."

"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."