To get into the spirit of the historic day, let’s take a look at wise and powerful quotes by some of India’s prominent personalities and leaders.
1. Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it – Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2. I believe in a religion that propagates freedom, equality and brotherhood – Chandrasekhar Azad
3. A ‘No’ uttered from deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble – Mahatma Gandhi
4. One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives – Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
5. Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act – Annie Besant
6. So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you – B.R Ambedkar
7. Inquilab Zindabad – Bhagat Singh
8. I believe in a religion that propagates freedom, equality and brotherhood – Chandrashekhar Azad
9. Be Educated, Be Organised and Be Agitated – B.R Ambedkar
10. Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse – Jawaharlal Nehru