Happy Independence day Quotes and Thoughts!

Independence day quotes and thoughts!

"Let new India arise out of peasants’ cottage, grasping the plough, out of huts, cobbler and sweeper."

"The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less."

“Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.”

“Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood… will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.”

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

“Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land.”

"If yet your blood does not rage, then it is water that flows in your veins. For what is the flush of youth, if it is not of service to the motherland."

"Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty."

"In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed, it must be won."

"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."

"Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement."

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

"Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life."

"Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty."

"For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."

"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave."

"Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have."

"Freedom’s natal day is here. Fire the guns and shout for freedom, See the flag above unfurled!"

"Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better."

"It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you."

"If our country is worth dying for in time of war, it is truly worth living for in time of peace. "

"It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you."

"Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life."

"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. ."

"Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils."

"Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance."

"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

"For some days, people thought that India was shaking. But there are always tremors when a great tree falls."

"Let’s stand up high to show respect for the ones who died for the independence of India."

“At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new…India discovers herself again.”

“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.”

"Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism."

“Liberty is a constant battle between government; who would limit it, people; who would concede it, and patriots; who would defend it.”

"If yet your blood does not rage, then it is water that flows in your veins. For what is the flush of youth, if it is not of service to the motherland."

"We are Indians, firstly and lastly."