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

It is easy to kill individuals but you cannot kill the ideas. Great empires crumbled, while the ideas survived. Bhagat Singh

Every citizen of India must remember that...he is an Indian and he has every right in this country but with certain ...duties. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

Let freedom never perish in your hands. - Joseph Addison

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. Mahatma Gandhi

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

We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest. Atal Bihari Vajpayee