I can do as much work as any man. . . We do as much, we eat as … - Sojourner Truth

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Experience is the main reason why we`re here, I think, in the world -- to gain experience. And from our experience we gain knowledge. . . and if we get any knowledge, then we gain liberation.

Sojourner Truth

I can do as much work as any man. . . We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much. What we want is a little money. You men know that you get as much again as women when you write, or for what you do. When we get our rights, we shall not have to come to you for money, for then we shall have money enough of our own.

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Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life's light to be determined by the darkness around me.

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And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man - when I could get it - and bear the lash as well! 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?

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If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.

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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.

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I feel safe in the midst of my enemies, for the truth is all powerful and will prevail.

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