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

Those who won our independence believe liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty. Louis D. Brandeis

Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty. - Ho Chi Minh

Let new India arise out of peasants' cottage, grasping the plough, out of huts, cobbler and sweeper.-Swami Vivekananda

Let freedom never perish in your hands. - Joseph Addison

When a man is in doubt what to do, he goes wherever he happens to be first called. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

India has two million gods, and worships them all. In religion all other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire. Mark Twain