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. ― Soujourner Truth

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You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream. ― Les Brown

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Religion is the opium of the poor.

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Now, if you want me to get out of the world, you had better get the women votin' soon. I shan't go till I can do that. ― Sojourner Truth

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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. ― Sojourner Truth

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If it is not a fit place for women, it is unfit for men to be there. ― Sojourner Truth

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Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.

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You may hiss as much as you please, but women will get their rights anyway .― Sojourner Truth

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I'm not going to die, I'm going home like a shooting star. ― Sojourner Truth

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I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.

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