If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions, I should point to India. Max Mueller (German scholar)

May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our country! Sardar Bhagat Singh

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

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

A country's greatness lies in its undying ideals of love and sacrifice that inspire the mothers of the race. Sarojini Naidu

The shots that hit me are the last nails to the coffin of the British rule in India. Lala Lajpat Rai

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