We end today a period of ill fortune and India discovers herself again. The achievement we celebrate today is but a step, an opening of opportunity, to the greater triumphs and achievements that await us. Are we brave enough and wise enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the challenge of the future? Jawaharlal Nehru
At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her success and her failures. Through good and ill fortune alike she has never lost sight of that quest or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength. Jawaharlal Nehru
Apparently, I've acted like a terrorist. But I'm not a terrorist. Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. Ronald Reagan
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
We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
We end today a period of ill fortune and India discovers herself again. The achievement we celebrate today is but a step, an opening of opportunity, to the greater triumphs and achievements that await us. Are we brave enough and wise enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the challenge of the future? Jawaharlal Nehru
At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her success and her failures. Through good and ill fortune alike she has never lost sight of that quest or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength. Jawaharlal Nehru
Apparently, I've acted like a terrorist. But I'm not a terrorist. Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. Ronald Reagan
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
We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest. Atal Bihari Vajpayee