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

Let freedom never perish in your hands. - Joseph Addison

You give me your blood and I will give you Independence! -Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

I declare that the blows struck at me today will be the last nails in the coffin of British rule in India. Go back Siman Lala Lajpat Rai

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

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. Albert Camus

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