Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge,...At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. Jawaharlal Nehru

A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people. Mahatma Gandhi

Let freedom never perish in your hands. - Joseph Addison

I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery. -Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye, Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky. Tobas George Smollet

If the deaf are to hear the sound has to be very loud. Sardar Bhagat Singh

We have believed and we do believe now that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible. Indira Gandhi