“Those are the same stars, and that is the same moon, that look down upon your brothers and sisters, and which they see as they look up to them, though they are ever so far away from us, and each other.”
Sojourner Truth“The Lord gave me 'Sojourner,' because I was to travel up an' down the land, showin' the people their sins an' bein' a sign unto them. Afterwards, I told the Lord I wanted another name 'cause everybody else had two names, and the Lord gave me 'Truth,' because I was to declare the truth to people.”
Sojourner Truth“I am not going to die, I'm going home like a shooting star.”
Sojourner Truth“Truth is powerful and it prevails.”
Sojourner Truth“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? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.”
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.”
Sojourner Truth“There is a great stir about colored men getting their rights, but not a word about the colored women; and if colored men get their rights, and not colored women theirs, you see, the colored men will be masters over the women, and it will be just as bad as it was before.”
Sojourner Truth“Religion without humanity is very poor human stuff.”
Sojourner Truth“Those are the same stars, and that is the same moon, that look down upon your brothers and sisters, and which they see as they look up to them, though they are ever so far away from us, and each other.”
Sojourner Truth“If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down these women together ought to be able to turn it right side up again.”
Sojourner Truth“Religion without humanity is a poor human stuff.”
Sojourner Truth